Mayday poster
7.3/10 (90 votes)
#1

Cruel Skies (Bad Weather)

S8:E2

Southern Airways Flight 242, Delta Air Lines Flight 191, American Airlines Flight 1420, British Airways Flight 9. This special looked at the role of bad weather in disasters and examines the US Aviation Weather Center in Kansas City, Missouri, to see how information on weather is transmitted to pilots in the sky.

7.2/10 (89 votes)
#2

System Breakdown (Next Generation Air Transportation System)

S8:E1

1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision, 1986 Cerritos mid-air collision, Avianca Flight 52, Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907, Überlingen mid-air collision. This special looked at the role of air traffic controllers in the airline industry, and took a look at the Next Generation Air Transportation System, a new technology meant to eliminate mid-air collisions by reducing overall dependence on radar and radio, as well as delegating some of the air traffic controllers' tasks to computers on board each plane.

7.2/10 (89 votes)
#1

System Breakdown (Next Generation Air Transportation System)

S8:E1

1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision, 1986 Cerritos mid-air collision, Avianca Flight 52, Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907, Überlingen mid-air collision. This special looked at the role of air traffic controllers in the airline industry, and took a look at the Next Generation Air Transportation System, a new technology meant to eliminate mid-air collisions by reducing overall dependence on radar and radio, as well as delegating some of the air traffic controllers' tasks to computers on board each plane.

7.3/10 (90 votes)
#2

Cruel Skies (Bad Weather)

S8:E2

Southern Airways Flight 242, Delta Air Lines Flight 191, American Airlines Flight 1420, British Airways Flight 9. This special looked at the role of bad weather in disasters and examines the US Aviation Weather Center in Kansas City, Missouri, to see how information on weather is transmitted to pilots in the sky.

7.2/10 (89 votes)

System Breakdown (Next Generation Air Transportation System)

S8:E1

1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision, 1986 Cerritos mid-air collision, Avianca Flight 52, Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907, Überlingen mid-air collision. This special looked at the role of air traffic controllers in the airline industry, and took a look at the Next Generation Air Transportation System, a new technology meant to eliminate mid-air collisions by reducing overall dependence on radar and radio, as well as delegating some of the air traffic controllers' tasks to computers on board each plane.

7.3/10 (90 votes)

Cruel Skies (Bad Weather)

S8:E2

Southern Airways Flight 242, Delta Air Lines Flight 191, American Airlines Flight 1420, British Airways Flight 9. This special looked at the role of bad weather in disasters and examines the US Aviation Weather Center in Kansas City, Missouri, to see how information on weather is transmitted to pilots in the sky.

Season Average Rating Episodes Best Episode Worst Episode
2 ★ 8.1 6
★ 8.5 Blow Out
★ 7.8 A Wounded Bird
5 ★ 8.0 10
★ 8.9 Gimli Glider (Air Canada Flight 143)
★ 7.6 Fanning the Flames (South African Airways Flight 295)
4 ★ 7.9 10
★ 8.5 Falling from the Sky (British Airways Flight 9)
★ 7.3 Vertigo
1 ★ 7.9 6
★ 8.1 Unlocking Disaster
★ 7.6 Racing the storm
3 ★ 7.9 13
★ 8.2 Hanging by a Thread
★ 7.6 Collision Course
11 ★ 7.9 13
★ 8.6 Impossible Landing (United Airlines Flight 232)
★ 7.3 The Plane That Flew Too High (West Caribbean Airways Flight 708)
7 ★ 7.9 7
★ 8.3 Lockerbie Disaster (Pan Am 103)
★ 7.6 Flight 574 Lost (Adam Air Flight 574)
16 ★ 7.8 9
★ 8.4 Disaster at Tenerife (KLM 4805 and Pan Am 1736)
★ 7.5 9/11 The Pentagon Attack (American Airlines Flight 77)
15 ★ 7.8 10
★ 8.4 Fatal Delivery (UPS Airlines Flight 6)
★ 7.4 Deadly Mission (1961 Ndola United Nations DC-6 crash)
12 ★ 7.7 13
★ 8.3 Fight for Control (Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8)
★ 7.2 Blind Landing (TANS Perú Flight 204)
10 ★ 7.7 6
★ 8.4 Hudson River Runway (US Airways Flight 1549)
★ 7.4 Cockpit Failure (Crossair Flight 3597)
9 ★ 7.7 8
★ 7.9 Alarming Silence (Northwest Airlines Flight 255)
★ 7.4 Pilot vs Plane (Air France Flight 296)
13 ★ 7.7 10
★ 8.2 Titanic in the Sky (Qantas Flight 32)
★ 7.4 Into the Eye of the Storm (Hurricane Hunters NOAA42)
17 ★ 7.7 9
★ 8.0 Explosive Proof (TWA Flight 800)
★ 7.4 Storming Out (USAir Flight 1016)
14 ★ 7.6 11
★ 8.2 Concorde, Up in Flames (Air France Flight 4590)
★ 7.2 The Death of JFK Jr (Piper PA-32R-301 Saratoga II)
19 ★ 7.6 10
★ 8.1 Deadly Descent
★ 7.3 Slam Dunk
21 ★ 7.6 10
★ 8.1 Grounded: Boeing Max 8
★ 7.2 Caught in a Jam
22 ★ 7.6 10
★ 8.0 Pacific Plunge
★ 7.4 Stealth Bomber Down
20 ★ 7.6 10
★ 8.0 Taxiway Turmoil
★ 7.2 Icy Descent
18 ★ 7.5 10
★ 7.9 Deadly Airspace (Malaysia Airlines Flight 17)
★ 7.1 Blown Away (TransAsia Airways Flight 222)
24 ★ 7.5 10
★ 8.3 Fight for Survival (Pilgrim Airlines Flight 458)
★ 6.5 Lost Star Footballer (Elimiano Sala Piper Crash)
6 ★ 7.4 3
★ 7.6 Who's Flying the Plane? (Crew vs Avionics)
★ 7.1 Fatal Flaw (Minor Defects)
8 ★ 7.2 2
★ 7.3 Cruel Skies (Bad Weather)
★ 7.2 System Breakdown (Next Generation Air Transportation System)