genre:
Documentary
/
Disaster
region:
Canada
language:
English
season number: 2
number of episodes: 6
IMDb: tt0644754
overview
A gripping non-fiction series, Mayday investigates recent high-profile air disasters to uncover how and why they happened. Mayday takes viewers on board six different flights in trouble, recreating the tension and the pressure in the cockpit and cabin. These expertly crafted dramatic reenactments are based on transcripts of recovered cockpit voice recordings. News footage, interviews with key witnesses, and computer graphics of the planes in flight all shed light on the safety issues at the heart of aviation industry controversies.