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Mayday: Season 4

10 episodes Premiered Apr 15, 2007 Updated Sep 22, 2026

Mayday Season 4 continues the overarching saga across ten episodes. The series depicts major real-life air disasters, with each episode featuring a detailed dramatized reconstruction.

Previously on Mayday

Season 4 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • The series is a documentary, drama, and crime production depicting major real-life air disasters.
  • Each episode of the program features a detailed dramatized reconstruction.
  • The overarching saga spans a total of ten episodes in this season.
  • The series focuses on historical aviation incidents and their investigations.

Season overview

Mayday Season 4 continues the overarching saga across ten episodes. The series depicts major real-life air disasters, with each episode featuring a detailed dramatized reconstruction.

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Season 4 Episodes

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S4·E1 Mytharc

Miracle Escape (Air France Flight 358)

Apr 15, 2007

On 2 August 2005, Air France Flight 358 overruns the runway while attempting to land in a storm. The Airbus A340 travels through the airport perimeter fence into a small ravine and

S4·E2 Core

Falling from the Sky (British Airways Flight 9)

Apr 22, 2007

On 24 June 1982, British Airways Flight 9 experiences St. Elmo's fire en route from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Perth, Australia. A few minutes later, all four engines flame out. Af

S4·E3 Core

Fire Fight (Air Canada Flight 797)

Apr 29, 2007

On 2 June 1983, a fire breaks out on Air Canada Flight 797 in the aircraft's toilet. An emergency landing is made in Cincinnati, but the aircraft is engulfed by flames on the runwa

S4·E4 Core

Missed Approach (Korean Air Flight 801)

May 6, 2007

On 6 August 1997, the crew of Korean Air Flight 801 is unable to see the runway during final approach for a night landing in Guam. They initiate a missed approach, but the aircraft

S4·E6 Core

Panic Over The Pacific (China Airlines Flight 006)

May 20, 2007

On 19 February 1985, China Airlines Flight 006's number four (right-side outer) engine flames out. As the crew tries to restart the engine, the Boeing 747SP stalls and enters into

S4·E7 Core

Out Of Sight (1986 Cerritos mid-air collision)

May 27, 2007

On 31 August 1986, Aeroméxico Flight 498, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9, and a light aircraft collide over Cerritos, California, causing both to go out of control and crash, killing 82

S4·E8 Core

Fog of War (1996 Croatia USAF CT-43)

Jun 3, 2007

On 3 April 1996, while attempting to land at Dubrovnik Airport in Croatia during heavy fog, a United States Air Force Boeing CT-43 strays off course and flies into a mountain. All

S4·E9 Mytharc

Vertigo

Jun 10, 2007

On 3 January 2004, Flash Airlines Flight 604 banks to the right just after takeoff and crashes into the Red Sea, killing all 148 people on board. The cause of this disaster is disp

S4·E10 Mytharc

Ghost Plane (Helios Airways Flight 522)

Jun 17, 2007

On 14 August 2005, air traffic controllers lose radio contact with Helios Airways Flight 522. Two fighters from the Hellenic Air Force intercept and investigate the flight and find