8.0/10127 votes#1 - Lockerbie Disaster (Pan Am 103)
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 11/4/2009
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.
Director: George D'Amato
Writer: Larry Bambrick
8.3/10152 votes#2 - Sight Unseen (1996 Charki Dadri mid-air collision)
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 11/11/2009
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.
Director: James Hyslop
Writer: Christopher Blow
7.9/10114 votes#3 - Scratching the Surface (China Airlines Flight 611)
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 11/18/2009
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.
Director: Ian Robertson
Writer: Alex Bystram
7.8/10116 votes#4 - Blown Apart (Partnair Flight 394)
Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 11/25/2009
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.
Director: Su Rynard
Writer: Carl Knutson
7.7/10116 votes#5 - Operation Babylift (1975 Tan Son Nhut C-5 accident)
Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 12/2/2009
Near the close of the Vietnam War, the United States launched Operation Babylift, a mass evacuation of children from war torn Vietnam. On April 4th 1975, the first Babylift flight ended in tragedy when a Lockheed C-5 Galaxy carrying 314 passengers crashed during an emergency landing at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, South Vietnam killing 138.
Director: Tim Wolochatiuk
Writer: Larry Bambrick
7.8/10120 votes#6 - Falling Fast (Tuninter Flight 1153)
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 12/9/2009
On 6 August 2005, Tuninter Flight 1153 runs out of fuel and ditches into the Mediterranean Sea, killing 16 people. It ran out of fuel because a fuel gauge for a different type of aircraft had been installed, misleading the crew about how much fuel was on board.
Director: Ian Robertson
Writer: Michael Sheehan
7.6/10121 votes#7 - Flight 574 Lost (Adam Air Flight 574)
Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 12/16/2009
On January 1st 2007, a Boeing 737-400 crashed into the Makassar Strait near Polewali in Sulawesi. The subsequent investigation raised deep concerns about the safety record of the Indonesian airline industry.
Director: Karl Jason
Writer: Jeff Sturge
7.9/10125 votes#8 - Frozen in Flight (American Eagle Flight 4184)
Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 12/16/2009
On 31 October 1994, American Eagle Flight 4184 falls out of the sky, killing all 68 people on board. The crash was caused by ice developing on the wing in a manner that the on-board deicing system could not remove.
Director: George D'Amato
Writer: Greg Gransden
The Best Episodes of Mayday Season 7
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Season 7 Ratings Summary
"Lockerbie Disaster (Pan Am 103)" is the best rated episode of "Mayday" season 7. It scored 8/10 based on 127 votes. Directed by George D'Amato and written by Larry Bambrick, it aired on 11/4/2009. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Sight Unseen (1996 Charki Dadri mid-air collision)".