Mayday: Season 4
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.
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.
Episode Guide
Season 4 Progress Shield
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
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
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
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
Hidden Danger (United Airlines 585, USAir 427 and Eastwind Airlines 517)
May 13, 2007
On 3 March 1991, a Boeing 737 operating as United Airlines Flight 585 is on approach to land, when it suddenly rolls into a dive and crashes within eight seconds, killing all 25 pe
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
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
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
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
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