The BEST episodes of Mayday season 13
Every episode of Mayday season 13, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Mayday season 13!
Revealing the dark truth that aviation safety improves one crash at a time, Mayday investigates legendary aviation disasters to find out what went wrong and why. Based on cockpit voice recorders, accident reports and eyewitness accounts, every episode also features interviews, state-of-the-art CGI and gripping reenactments.
#1 - Into the Eye of the Storm (NOAA42 Hurricane Hunter Incident)
Season 13 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/27/2014
Investigators determine what sparked the engine fire that crippled a team of hurricane hunters' plane during a daring flight into Hurricane Hugo.
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#2 - Speed Trap (Hughes Airwest, Flight 706)
Season 13 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/30/2013
Military investigators work with the NTSB to identify what happened when a Marine Corps F-4 Phantom collided with a Hughes Airwest DC-9.
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#3 - Imperfect Pitch (XL Airways Germany, Flight 888T)
Season 13 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/3/2014
Experts investigate why XL Airways German Flight 888T spiralled into the Mediterranean sea in 2008. What deadly flaw was the Airbus hiding? AKA: Deadly Test
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#4 - Massacre over the Mediterranean (Aerolinee Itavia, Flight 870)
Season 13 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/10/2014
In 1980, Itavia Flight 870 exploded over the sea. After 30 years of investigations, experts finally reveal the truth behind the mysterious disaster
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#5 - Queens Catastrophe (American Airlines, Flight 587)
Season 13 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/6/2014
When American Airlines Flight 587 crashed into Queens, New York after 9/11, it was considered an act of terror - until evidence proved otherwise.
#6 - Terror in Paradise (Air Moorea, Flight 1121)
Season 13 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/20/2014
Experts investigate an unexpected explanation for the fatal crash of Air Moorea Flight 1121 when they hear its pilot's anguished cry on the cockpit voice recorder.
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#7 - Lost in Translation (Crossair, Flight 498)
Season 13 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/13/2014
When a flight from Zurich crash-lands, killing everyone on board, the discovery of drugs among the wreckage suggests an alarming explanation.
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#8 - Titanic in the Sky (Qantas, Flight 32)
Season 13 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/17/2014
On 4 November 2010, the pilots of Qantas Flight 32 were forced to deal with a series of failures when an explosion tore apart an engine on their A380.
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#9 - Fight to the Death (British European Airways Flight 548)
Season 13 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/16/2013
On 18 June 1972, British European Airways Flight 548 stalls and crashes in a field near Staines-upon-Thames shortly after take-off from London Heathrow Airport, killing all 118 people on board. The crash was attributed to the pilot retracting the aircraft's droops at too low an airspeed and failing to recognise the stall warnings.
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#10 - Disaster on the Potomac (Air Florida, Flight 90)
Season 13 - Episode 2 - Aired 12/23/2013
Just after taking off, Air Florida Flight 90 plunges into the frozen Potomac River. It takes an ingenious experiment to uncover why it happened.
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