7.9/10119 votes#1 - Fatal Transmission (United Express Flight 5925)
Season 15 Episode 1 - Aired 1/2/2016
On 19 November 1996, United Express Flight 5925, operating for Great Lakes Airlines, lands at Quincy Regional Airport and collides with a light aircraft taking off from an intersecting runway. All 14 occupants on both aircraft were killed in a subsequent fire.
Director: Tim Wolochatiuk
Writer: Julia Nunes
7.7/10129 votes#2 - Fatal Focus (Garuda Indonesia Flight 200)
Season 15 Episode 2 - Aired 1/4/2016
On 7 March 2007, while landing at Yogyakarta at the end of a routine domestic flight from Jakarta, Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 hits the ground so hard that it bounces violently before running off the end of the runway, killing 21 of the 140 people on board.
Director: Tim Wolochatiuk
Writer: Greg Beer
8.1/10134 votes#3 - Fatal Delivery (UPS Airlines Flight 6)
Season 15 Episode 3 - Aired 1/11/2016
On 3 September 2010, the pilots of UPS Airlines Flight 6 report a fire and declare an emergency shortly after taking off from Dubai International Airport. The crew tries to land back at the airport, but are unsuccessful. The aircraft flies over the airport and crashes into an unpopulated area nearby. Both of the pilots die.
Director: Tim Wolochatiuk
Writer: Julia Nunes
8.3/10138 votes#4 - Terror in San Francisco (Asiana Airlines Flight 214)
Season 15 Episode 4 - Aired 1/18/2016
On 6 July 2013, on landing at San Francisco International Airport, Asiana Airlines Flight 214 strikes a seawall and crashes short of the runway. Of the 307 people on board, 2 passengers die at the crash scene; another dies shortly after in hospital.
Director: Tim Wolochatiuk
Writer: Alix MacDonald
7.4/10115 votes#5 - High Rise Catastrophe (El Al Flight 1862)
Season 15 Episode 5 - Aired 2/1/2016
On 4 October 1992, after taking off from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, El Al Flight 1862 declares an emergency. The crew do their best to make an emergency landing, but the 747 cargo jet rolls violently to the right and crashes into an apartment complex, killing 43 people. The two engines on the right wing had separated from the aircraft, causing the loss of control.
Director: Tim Wolochatiuk
Writer: Douglas Crosbie
7.7/10107 votes#6 - Steep Impact (Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311)
Season 15 Episode 6 - Aired 2/4/2016
On 5 April 1991, Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311 from Atlanta suddenly nose-dives into the ground while on landing approach to Glynco Jetport, killing all 23 people on board, including US Senator John Tower and astronaut Sonny Carter. The accident was caused by a malfunction of the left engine propeller control unit.
Director: Tim Wolochatiuk
Writer: Andrew Kaufman
7.4/10103 votes#7 - Carnage in Sao Paulo (TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402)
Season 15 Episode 7 - Aired 2/15/2016
On 31 October 1996, TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402 crashes seconds after takeoff from São Paulo–Congonhas Airport into a heavily populated residential area, killing all 96 people on board and 3 on the ground. The crash was attributed to the uncommanded deployment of a faulty thrust reverser on the right engine.
Director: Tim Wolochatiuk
Writer: Julia Nunes
7.6/10108 votes#8 - Edge of Disaster (Atlantic Airways Flight 670)
Season 15 Episode 8 - Aired 2/22/2016
On 10 October 2006, Atlantic Airways Flight 670 lands at Stord Airport, but the aircraft overruns the runway and crashes after careening off a steep embankment. Four of the sixteen people on board are killed. The causes of the crash were a malfunction of the aircraft's spoilers and hydroplaning.
Director: Tim Wolochatiuk
Writer: Phil Desjardins
7.8/10107 votes#9 - Deadly Mission (1961 Ndola United Nations DC-6 crash)
Season 15 Episode 9 - Aired 2/29/2016
On 18 September 1961, a Douglas DC-6 operated by Transair Sweden, carrying Dag Hammarskjöld, the second Secretary-General of the United Nations, crashes en route to cease-fire negotiations in Northern Rhodesia during the Congo Crisis. All of the 16 passengers and crew members are killed.
Director: Tim Wolochatiuk
Writer: Alex Bystram
7.8/10116 votes#10 - Deadly Delay (Spanair Flight 5022)
Season 15 Episode 10 - Aired 3/7/2016
On 20 August 2008, Spanair Flight 5022 attempts to takeoff from Barajas Airport, but stalls immediately, banks to the right and crashes, killing 154 people out of the 172 on board. The pilots aborted the first takeoff attempt, and the second attempt resulted in the crash.
Director: Tim Wolochatiuk
Writer: Julia Nunes
The Best Episodes of Mayday Season 15
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Season 15 Ratings Summary
"Fatal Transmission (United Express Flight 5925)" is the best rated episode of "Mayday" season 15. It scored 7.9/10 based on 119 votes. Directed by Tim Wolochatiuk and written by Julia Nunes, it aired on 1/2/2016. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Fatal Focus (Garuda Indonesia Flight 200)".