Mayday: Season 16
Season 16 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Mayday Season 15.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 16 Progress Shield
Deadly Silence (1999 South Dakota Learjet crash)
Jun 7, 2016 · 45 min
On 25 October 1999, a chartered Learjet 35 operated by Sunjet Aviation, carrying golfer Payne Stewart and his agents, runs out of fuel and crashes into a field in South Dakota afte
9/11 The Pentagon Attack (American Airlines Flight 77)
Jun 14, 2016 · 45 min
On 11 September 2001, during the September 11 attacks, American Airlines Flight 77 flies off course and crashes into the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, after being hijacke
Disaster at Tenerife (KLM 4805 and Pan Am 1736)
Jun 21, 2016 · 45 min
On 27 March 1977, the deadliest-ever aviation accident occurs at Los Rodeos Airport (now known as Tenerife-North Airport) in the Canary Islands. KLM Flight 4805 and Pan Am Flight 1
Deadly Detail (China Airlines Flight 120)
Jun 28, 2016 · 45 min
On 20 August 2007, China Airlines Flight 120 catches fire and explodes shortly after landing and taxiing to the gate area at Naha Airport in Okinawa, Japan. All of the 165 passenge
Deadly Detour (Proteus Airlines Flight 706)
Jul 5, 2016 · 45 min
On 30 July 1998, Proteus Airlines Flight 706 collides with a light aircraft during a detour over an ocean cruise liner and crashes into Quiberon Bay off the coast of Lorient, Franc
Dangerous Approach (Trans-Colorado Airlines Flight 2286)
Jul 12, 2016 · 45 min
On 19 January 1988, Trans-Colorado Airlines Flight 2286, operating for Continental Express, crashes near Bayfield, Colorado, while on final approach to Durango. Both crew members a
Murder in the Skies (Germanwings Flight 9525)
Jan 23, 2017 · 45 min
On 24 March 2015, Germanwings Flight 9525 enters a high-speed descent and crashes into the French Alps during a flight from Barcelona, Spain, to Düsseldorf, Germany. All 150 people
River Runway (Garuda Indonesia Flight 421)
Jan 30, 2017 · 45 min
On 16 January 2002, on final approach to Yogyakarta at the end of a routine domestic flight from Ampenan, Garuda Indonesia Flight 421 suffers a double engine flameout while flying
Deadly Solution (Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501)
Feb 6, 2017 · 45 min
On 28 December 2014, Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 stalls and crashes into the Java Sea while flying through a thunderstorm, killing all 155 passengers and 7 crew members on board.
Afghan Nightmare (National Airlines Flight 102)
Feb 13, 2017 · 45 min
On 29 April 2013, just seconds after taking off from Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan, National Airlines Flight 102 stalls and crashes into the ground, killing all seven crew members