The BEST episodes of Mayday season 25
Every episode of Mayday season 25, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Mayday season 25!
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 - Cabin Chaos (China Eastern Airlines Flight 583)
Season 25 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/2/2025
After a Chinese airplane lands at a top-secret US Air Force base, the search is on for the cause of a deadly rollercoaster ride in the sky.
#2 - Power Struggle (Sriwijaya Air Flight 182)
Season 25 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/9/2025
In Indonesia—the deadliest aviation market in the world—a Boeing 737 spirals out of the sky and nosedives into the Java Sea.
#3 - Firebomber Down (2020 Coulson Aviation C-130 crash)
Season 25 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/16/2025
A C-130 firebomber crashes while battling an epic Australian wildfire. And ATSB investigators must determine the cause within an active fire zone.
#4 - Powerless Plunge (Loganair Flight 670A)
Season 25 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/23/2025
Just moments after takeoff, a Loganair cargo flight from Edinburgh loses both engines and crashes into the icy North Sea
#5 - Second Thoughts (Luxair Flight 9642)
Season 25 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/2/2025
Amid heavy fog and a rushed approach, Luxair Flight 50 falls out of the sky just a few miles short of Luxembourg airport.
#6 - Deadly Climb (Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105)
Season 25 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/9/2025
It's 1985-the deadliest year in civilian aviation-and a DC-9 commuter plane crashes just seconds after takeoff from Milwaukee.
#7 - Pacific Ditching (Transair Flight 810)
Season 25 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/16/2025
The pilots of a crashed cargo jet believe they lost both engines. But when the wreckage emerges from the Pacific, the evidence tells another story.
#8 - Collision Catastrophe (2002 Überlingen mid-air collision)
Season 25 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/23/2025
German investigators are stumped when two planes collide while flying in the skies over southern Germany.
#9 - Fatal Test Flight (Airborne Express Flight 827)
Season 25 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/30/2025
When a cargo plane test flight ends in disaster, investigators uncover a series of failures that doomed the DC-8 before it got off the ground.
#10 - Running on Empty (Air Tahoma Flight 185)
Season 25 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/6/2025
An Air Tahoma cargo plane is within sight of a Cincinnati runway when both engines flame out and the turboprop crashes into a golf course.