The BEST episodes of Mayday season 7
Every episode of Mayday season 7, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Mayday season 7!
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 - Blown Apart (Partnair Flight 394)
Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/18/2009
AKA "Deadly Prize/Silent Killer" On September 8, 1989, Partnair Flight 94, a charter from Oslo to Hamburg, suddenly begins to dive from 22 thousand feet. The aging propeller plane eventually crashes into the sea, killing all 55 people on board.
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#2 - Lockerbie Disaster (Pan Am 103)
Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/11/2009
Shortly after leaving London Heathrow airport in December 1988, Pan Am flight 103 exploded above Lockerbie , Scotland killing 270 people. Investigators soon discovered that a bomb in the forward cargo compartment had taken down the plane.
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#3 - Sight Unseen (1996 Charki Dadri mid-air collision)
Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/2/2009
Alternate title: Head on Collision/Crash Course/Collision Course Find out what went wrong when a Kazakhstan Airlines jet and a Saudi Airways plane collided in the worst mid-air crash in aviation history, killing 349 people on November 12, 1996.
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#4 - Operation Babylift (C-5 Galaxy 68-0218 )
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/25/2009
An attempt to rescue orphans from the chaos of war-torn Vietnam ended in tragedy when a US plane crashed on April 4, 1975, killing more than 150 people.
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#5 - Falling Fast (Ditch the Plane, Tuninter Flight 1153)
Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/16/2009
On August 6, 2005, a Tuninter ATR-72 ran out of fuel and was forced to ditch in the sea near Palermo, Italy. Of the 39 people on board, 16 lost their lives. The mistake was simply a wrong fuel gauge that sent higher fuel readings than the actual ones.
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#6 - Scratching the Surface (China Airlines Flight 611)
Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/4/2009
Alternative title: "Shattered in Seconds" Rescuers have to look to the past to solve the riddle of Flight 611, a China Airlines 747 that disappeared 20 minutes after taking off.
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#7 - Frozen in Flight (Deep Freeze, American Eagle Flight 4184)
Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/16/2009
On Halloween 1994, an American Eagle ATR-72 suffered a loss of control and crashed near Roselawn, Indiana killing all 68 people on board. While flying in freezing conditions, ice accumulated on the wings. Inadequate de-icing mechanisms failed to remove the ice, resulting in the disruption of the airflow.
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#8 - Flight 574: Lost (The Plane that Vanished, Adam Air Flight 574)
Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/9/2009
In January 2007, an Adam Air Boeing 737 crashed into the Makassar Strait killing 102 people on board. The pilots inadvertently disengaged the autopilot while trying to fix the inertial reference system, causing the plane to plunge to the water.