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The Best Episodes of Mayday Season 25

Every episode of Mayday Season 25 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Mayday Season 25!

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Major real-life air disasters are depicted in this series. Each episode features a detailed dramatized reconstruction of the incident based on cockpit voice recorders and air traffic control transcripts, as well as eyewitnesses recounts and

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Mayday Season 25 Episode 1 - Pacific Ditching (Transair Flight 810)
    7.0/10(47 votes)

    #1 - Pacific Ditching (Transair Flight 810)

    S25:E1

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Mayday Season 25 Episode 2 - Running on Empty (Air Tahoma Flight 185)
    7.1/10(41 votes)

    #2 - Running on Empty (Air Tahoma Flight 185)

    S25:E2

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Mayday Season 25 Episode 3 - Power Struggle
    7.4/10(49 votes)

    #3 - Power Struggle

    S25:E3

    Power Struggle: Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 crashed in to the Java Sea after a hard left bank, revealing deadly defects in the investigation that followed.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Mayday Season 25 Episode 4 - Second Thoughts (Luxair Flight 9642)
    7.5/10(51 votes)

    #4 - Second Thoughts (Luxair Flight 9642)

    S25:E4

    Amid heavy fog and a rushed approach, Luxair Flight 50 falls out of the sky just a few miles short of Luxembourg airport.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Mayday Season 25 Episode 5 - Powerless Plunge (Loganair Flight 670A)
    7.6/10(47 votes)

    #5 - Powerless Plunge (Loganair Flight 670A)

    S25:E5

    Just moments after takeoff, a Loganair cargo flight from Edinburgh loses both engines and crashes into the icy North Sea

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Mayday Season 25 Episode 6 - Cabin Chaos
    7.5/10(57 votes)

    #6 - Cabin Chaos

    S25:E6

    Cabin Chaos: 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Mayday Season 25 Episode 7 - Deadly Climb (Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105)
    7.2/10(41 votes)

    #7 - Deadly Climb (Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105)

    S25:E7

    It's 1985-the deadliest year in civilian aviation-and a DC-9 commuter plane crashes just seconds after takeoff from Milwaukee.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Mayday Season 25 Episode 8 - Firebomber Down
    7.8/10(48 votes)

    #8 - Firebomber Down

    S25:E8

    Firebomber Down: A C-130 firebomber crashes while battling an epic Australian wildfire. And ATSB investigators must determine the cause within an active fire zone.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Mayday Season 25 Episode 9 - Collision Catastrophe (2002 Überlingen mid-air collision)
    8.0/10(49 votes)

    #9 - Collision Catastrophe (2002 Überlingen mid-air collision)

    S25:E9

    German investigators are stumped when two planes collide while flying in the skies over southern Germany.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Mayday Season 25 Episode 10 - Fatal Test Flight (Airborne Express Flight 827)
    7.3/10(42 votes)

    #10 - Fatal Test Flight (Airborne Express Flight 827)

    S25:E10

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Mayday Season 25 Episode 11 - No Exit (US Air 1493)
    8.3/10(21 votes)

    #11 - No Exit (US Air 1493)

    S25:E11

    Following a catastrophic runway collision at LAX, passengers on USAIR Flight 1493 struggle to escape the burning plane.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 25 Ratings Summary

"Pacific Ditching (Transair Flight 810)" is the best rated episode of "Mayday" season 25. It scored 7/10 based on 47 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/3/2025. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Running on Empty (Air Tahoma Flight 185)".