The Best Episodes of Mayday Season 7

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.2/10(190 votes)

   #1 - Sight Unseen (1996 Charki Dadri mid-air collision)

   S7:E211/11/2009

   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

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   Director:James Hyslop

   Writer:Christopher Blow
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   7.9/10(164 votes)

   #2 - Lockerbie Disaster (Pan Am 103)

   S7:E111/4/2009

   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

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   Director:George D'Amato

   Writer:Larry Bambrick
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   7.9/10(147 votes)

   #3 - Scratching the Surface (China Airlines Flight 611)

   S7:E311/18/2009

   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

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   Director:Ian Robertson

   Writer:Alex Bystram
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   7.9/10(159 votes)

   #4 - Frozen in Flight (American Eagle Flight 4184)

   S7:E812/16/2009

   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

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   Director:George D'Amato

   Writer:Greg Gransden
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   7.8/10(152 votes)

   #5 - Blown Apart (Partnair Flight 394)

   S7:E411/25/2009

   On September 8, 1989, Partnair Flight 394, 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

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   Director:Su Rynard

   Writer:Carl Knutson
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   7.7/10(151 votes)

   #6 - Operation Babylift (1975 Tan Son Nhut C-5 accident)

   S7:E512/2/2009

   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

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   Director:Tim Wolochatiuk

   Writer:Larry Bambrick
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   7.7/10(148 votes)

   #7 - Falling Fast (Tuninter Flight 1153)

   S7:E612/9/2009

   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

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   Director:Ian Robertson

   Writer:Michael Sheehan
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   7.6/10(150 votes)

   #8 - Flight 574 Lost (Adam Air Flight 574)

   S7:E712/16/2009

   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

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   Director:Karl Jason

   Writer:Jeff Sturge