On 12 June 1972, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10, just a few months old, operating as American Airlines Flight 96 from Detroit, Michigan, to Buffalo, New York, suffers an explosive decompression after a cargo door in the lower rear fuselage bursts open. The crew makes an emergency landing at Detroit without any loss of life. Two years later, on 3 March 1974, Turkish Airlines Flight 981 suffers a similar sequence of events during a flight from Paris to London. This time, the DC-10's hydraulic systems are damaged enough that the crew loses control, and the aircraft crashes in a forest near Senlis outside Paris, killing all 346 on board. At the time, it was the worst aviation disaster in history. A design fault with the cargo door mechanism was not rectified after the first accident, and the second DC-10's door opened during flight, causing the crash.
| Title | Mayday - Season 5 Episode 2 : Behind Closed Doors (American Airlines Flight 96 and Turkish Airlines Flight 981) |
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| Alternative Titles | Air Crash Investigation, Mayday! Desastres Aéreos, Crash Scene Investigation, Danger dans les airs, Mayday: Air Disaster, Air Disasters, 空中浩劫, Vyšetřování leteckých neštěstí, Vyšetřování míst neštěstí, Letecké katastrofy, Flugzeug-Katastrophen: Die Unfall-Ermittler, Mayday - Alarm im Cockpit, Undersøgelse af flystyrt, Mayday: Catástrofes aéreas, Mayday Catástrofes Aéreas, Catástrofes aéreas, Lentoturmatutkinta, Air Crash, Dangers dans le ciel, Mayday : Alerte maximum, Mayday : Dangers dans le ciel, Air Crash Investigation, Mayday (Air Crash Investigation), Mayday Air disaster, Τραγωδία στον Αέρα, Istrage zrakoplovnih nesreća, Légikatasztrófák, Indagini ad alta quota, Air Crash Investigation, メーデー!:航空機事故の真実と真相, 항공사고 수사대, 항공 사고 수사대, May day, Air Crash Investigation, Flyhavarikommisjonen, Air Crash Investigation, Katastrofa w przestworzach, Mayday, Desastres Aéreos, Несреће у ваздуху, Расследования авиакатастроф, التحليق إلى المجهول, Haverikommissionen, Det bästa av Haverikommissionen, Letecké katastrofy, Air Crash Investigation, Uçak Kazası Raporu, 空中浩劫, Air Emergency, Air Disasters, Mayday: Air Disaster, Air Crash Investigation, Air Crash Investigation |
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| First Air Date | 2003-09-03 |
| Last Air Date | 2025-05-26 |
| Number of Episodes | 236 |
| Number of Seasons | 26 |
| Genres | Documentary, Drama, Crime, |
| Networks | 5, Discovery, Sky History, National Geographic Channel, National Geographic, |
| Casts | Stephen Bogaert |
| Plot Keywords | , |
Episodes List
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Mayday Season 5 :Episode 1 Explosive Evidence (Air India Flight 182) Explosive Evidence (Air India Flight 182)
2008-04-09Major real-life air disasters are depicted in this series. Each episode features a detailed dramatized reconstruction of the incident based on...
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Mayday Season 5 :Episode 2 Behind Closed Doors (American Airlines Flight 96 and Turkish Airlines Flight 981) Behind Closed Doors (American Airlines Flight 96 and Turkish Airlines Flight 981)
2008-04-16Major real-life air disasters are depicted in this series. Each episode features a detailed dramatized reconstruction of the incident based on...
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Mayday Season 5 :Episode 3 Southern Storm (Southern Airways Flight 242) Southern Storm (Southern Airways Flight 242)
2008-04-23Major real-life air disasters are depicted in this series. Each episode features a detailed dramatized reconstruction of the incident based on...
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Mayday Season 5 :Episode 4 Dead Weight (Air Midwest Flight 5481) Dead Weight (Air Midwest Flight 5481)
2008-04-30Major real-life air disasters are depicted in this series. Each episode features a detailed dramatized reconstruction of the incident based on...
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Mayday Season 5 :Episode 5 Invisible Killer (Delta Air Lines Flight 191) Invisible Killer (Delta Air Lines Flight 191)
2008-05-07Major real-life air disasters are depicted in this series. Each episode features a detailed dramatized reconstruction of the incident based on...
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Mayday Season 5 :Episode 6 Gimli Glider (Air Canada Flight 143) Gimli Glider (Air Canada Flight 143)
2008-05-14Major real-life air disasters are depicted in this series. Each episode features a detailed dramatized reconstruction of the incident based on...
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Mayday Season 5 :Episode 7 Fanning the Flames (South African Airways Flight 295) Fanning the Flames (South African Airways Flight 295)
2008-05-21Major real-life air disasters are depicted in this series. Each episode features a detailed dramatized reconstruction of the incident based on...
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Mayday Season 5 :Episode 8 Fatal Distraction (Eastern Airlines Flight 401) Fatal Distraction (Eastern Airlines Flight 401)
2008-05-28Major real-life air disasters are depicted in this series. Each episode features a detailed dramatized reconstruction of the incident based on...
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Mayday Season 5 :Episode 9 Mixed Signals (Birgenair Flight 301) Mixed Signals (Birgenair Flight 301)
2008-06-04Major real-life air disasters are depicted in this series. Each episode features a detailed dramatized reconstruction of the incident based on...
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Mayday Season 5 :Episode 10 Phantom Strike (Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907) Phantom Strike (Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907)
2008-06-11Major real-life air disasters are depicted in this series. Each episode features a detailed dramatized reconstruction of the incident based on...
