Szerkesztő:Buda/A Légikatasztrófák epizódjainak listája
Sablon:Outdated This is an episode list for the documentary television program Mayday (also called Air Crash Investigation[s] or Air Emergency in markets outside Canada). It is aired on the Discovery Channel Canada and the National Geographic Channel. The series has been on the air since 2003, with several off-season specials. While the series focuses on aircraft accidents & incidents, several episodes dealt with non-aircraft disasters, aired under the title Crash Scene Investigation outside of Canada.
Episodes
[szerkesztés]A total of 35 episodes have been made in four seasons; three of them are "Crash Scene Investigation" episodes. Ten episodes are currently in development for season 5.
Season 1
[szerkesztés]# | Cím (magyar cím) | Katasztrófa | A katasztrófa időpontja | Repülőgép | A katasztrófa oka |
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1 | Racing the Storm
(Fatal Landing) |
American Airlines 1420-as járat | 1999. június 1. | McDonnell Douglas MD-82 | túlfutás, pilótahiba |
American Airlines Flight 1420 is warned about crosswinds from a thunderstorm during approach to Little Rock National Airport. The pilot disastrously attempts to land without diverting. As the MD-82 lands, the spoilers are not extended due to the pilot's impatience to get to the airport. The plane overshoots the runway and kills 11 people. | |||||
2 | Unlocking Disaster
(Explosive Evidence) |
United Airlines 811-es járat | 1989. február 24. | Boeing 747-122 | Faulty cargo door, explosive decompression |
Passengers onboard United Airlines Flight 811 from Honolulu to Auckland are horrified when the side of the aircraft rips off. The cargo door wasn't closed properly causing the sudden explosive decompression. 9 people are flung out of the plane; some are still strapped to their seats. The Boeing 747 safely lands back at Honolulu without any more loss of life. | |||||
3 | Flying on Empty | Air Transat 236-os járat | 2001. augusztus 24. | Airbus A330-243 | Faulty maintenance, fuel starvation szivárgás miatt |
Air Transat Flight 236 leaks large amounts of fuel, but the pilots don't trust the computer's warnings and they are soon out of fuel. The pilots glide the aircraft to a naval base in the Azores where they land at high speed with limited braking power. Everyone onboard survives. Faulty maintenance on the leaking engine was the prime cause. | |||||
4 | Fire on Board (Tűz a fedélzeten)
(Fire in the Sky) |
Swissair 111-es járat | September 2, 1998 | McDonnell Douglas MD-11 | In-flight fire, faulty wiring |
Swissair Flight 111, an improved version of the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 called the MD-11, experiences a fire in the cockpit due to faulty wiring. The pilots try to land in Nova Scotia, Canada but vital systems are lost while attempting a fuel dump and the plane crashes into the sea. | |||||
5 | Flying Blind (Vakrepülés) | AeroPeru Flight 603 | October 2, 1996 | Boeing 757-23-A | Faulty maintenance, pitot tubes blocked by tape |
The pilots of AeroPeru Flight 603 are confused by false speed and altitude readings and contradictory warnings from the plane's computer system, caused by duct tape over the pitot tubes. The pilots descend for an emergency landing over the Pacific Ocean, but they are much lower than the altimeter says. One wingtip catches the water, and the plane crashes seconds later, killing everyone onboard. | |||||
6 | Cutting Corners
(Fatal Error) |
Alaska Airlines Flight 261 | 31 January, 2000 | McDonnell Douglas MD-83 | Stabilizer failure |
Alaska Airlines Flight 261 is heading for San Francisco, en route to Seattle but its horizontal stabilizer jams due to a worn jackscrew assembly. The pilots try to resolve the situation but the stabilizer breaks free from its control system and the plane nosedives inverted into the Pacific Ocean, causing the death of all onboard. |
Season 2
[szerkesztés]# | Title
(alternate title) |
Disaster | Date of disaster | Aircraft type | Cause of disaster |
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1 | Blow Out
(Ripped from the Cockpit) |
British Airways Flight 5390 | June 10, 1990 | British Aircraft Co. BAC-1-11-528-FL | Faulty maintenance, explosive decompression |
The night before the incident, a maintenance worker tries to replace the screws on British Airways Flight 5390's cockpit window but in the dark, he mistakes small screws for ones the size needed to replace the old ones. On the next day, the plane is heading for Malaga, Spain when the cockpit window suddenly blows out sucking the pilot out. The crew cling to the pilot's legs as the co-pilot flies the BAC One-Eleven to Southampton Airport for an emergency landing. The pilot is found to be still alive even after being outside the cockpit for 21 minutes. | |||||
2 | Wounded Bird
(A Wounded Bird) |
ASA Flight 529 | August 21, 1995 | Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia | Metal fatigue in the propeller |
The EMB-120 Brasilia is a plane designed to fly with one engine that has failed. However, it had its consequences. ASA Flight 529's left engine was damaged by metal fatigue in its propeller causing it to not just fail but also have its skin peeled off and the propeller bent and hanging off the wing. Instead of flying with one engine destroyed, it crashes, killing 9 of the 29 people on the plane. The Brasilia was designed to fly with one engine failed, not when an engine is extremely broken, explaining why it didn't reach the nearest airport. | |||||
3 | Hijacked
(The Killing Machine) |
Air France Flight 8969 | 24 December-26 December, 1994 | Airbus A300-B2-1C | Terrorist hijacking |
At Algiers, Algeria, Air France Flight 8969 is hijacked on the runway. The terrorists demand the plane to be cleared for take-off. The control tower refuses. 3 passengers are shot. 217 people are left on the plane. Then two days later in the morning, the plane is cleared to take-off but land at Marseilles in France. The terrorist leader Yahia demands the plane to park in front of the control tower. Then, they plan to blow up the plane with dynamite. But after a gun battle in the cabin between armed forces and the hijackers, the hijackers are dead. Everyone else is evacuated. | |||||
4 | Mid-Air Collision
(Deadly Crossroads) |
Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937/DHL Flight 611 | July 1, 2002 | Bashkirian 2937: Tupolev TU-154M/DHL 611: Boeing 757-200 | Mid-air collision, ATC error, design error |
Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937 is flying with 69 people onboard including 45 school children. Due to multiple faults with the design and several humans, the TU-154-M aircraft collides with the tail of DHL Flight 611, carrying air freight and two pilots. Flight 2937 is destroyed instantly, killing everyone onboard. Flight 611 nosedives and crashes killing the 2 pilots. The wreckage of both planes crash at Überlingen, Germany. A total of 71 people are killed. | |||||
5 | Crash on the Mountain
(Lost) |
American Airlines Flight 965 | December 20, 1995 | Boeing 757-223 | Pilot error, controlled flight into terrain |
American Airlines Flight 965 heads for Cali, Colombia. Planes usually fly there by following beacons on their radar. Flight 965 is asked if they would like to do a straight approach to Cali. The pilots agree. They remove the beacons from the GPS, causing them to get lost. Their mistakes cause them to crash into a mountain near Buga. Only four passengers and a pet dog survive. They find themselves lost in the rainforest. Days later, they are found. It is the deadliest Boeing 757 disaster for a US carrier. | |||||
6 | Deadly Delay
(Missing Over New York) |
Avianca Flight 52 | January 25, 1990 | Boeing 707-321B | Numerous delays, fuel starvation |
It is alright for a plane to be delayed. However, numerous delays can be deadly, especially if a plane has inadequate fuel to survive them. Avianca Flight 52 is delayed numerous times causing the Boeing 707 with 158 people onboard to run out of fuel. The passengers aren't told by the crew that the plane would crash. The plane then crashes parallel to the slope of Cove Neck. Seventy-three people die. |
Season 3
[szerkesztés]# | Title
(alternate title) |
Disaster | Date of Disaster | Aircraft type (-- for spin-off episodes) | Cause of Disaster |
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1 | Hanging by a Thread | Aloha Airlines Flight 243 | April 28, 1988 | Boeing 737-297 | Faulty lap joint, metal fatigue, explosive decompression |
Aloha Airlines Flight 243 takes 95 passengers and crew from Hilo to Honolulu in Hawaii. Badly damaged lap joints stressed out by metal fatigue give way and a section of the roof between the cockpit and the leading edges of the wings rips off. A flight attendant is blown out and never recovered from the sea. The plane manages an emergency landing. | |||||
2 | Attack Over Baghdad | European Air Transport/DHL OO-DLL | November 22, 2003 | Airbus A300-B4-203-F | Missile attack, loss of hydraulics |
Terror in Iraq strikes when a terrorist missile is fired at a European Air Transport mail plane flying on behalf of DHL. The left wing tip burns out of control and all hydraulic pressure leaks out. Despite the damage, OO-DLL lands safely at Baghdad, the first time a plane has been piloted to a successful landing without the use of hydraulics. The pilots come out and are told to stop in their tracks by soldiers. They are warned that they are standing in a minefield. They are helped out and later given an award of their actions that day. | |||||
3 | Out of Control | Japan Airlines Flight 123 | August 12, 1985 | Boeing 747SR-46 | Explosive decompression, vertical stabilizer, hydraulics and tailfin lost |
7 years before the crash, Japan Airlines Flight 123 lands and scrapes its tail on the runway. The damage is repaired badly and the plane returns to the sky. Then on the day of the crash, the badly repaired section explodes, crippling the tail and severing the hydraulic lines. The pilots manage to keep the plane flying for 32 minutes until it clips a mountain ridge. The plane spins uncontrollably and impacts Mt. Osutaka. Of the 524 passengers onboard, only 4 survive. This is the largest ever death toll for a single aircraft disaster. | |||||
4 | Suicide Attack
(Fight for Your Life) |
FedEx Flight 705 | April 7, 1994 | McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 | Attempted hijacking |
Auburn Calloway is about to be fired from FedEx for lying on his resume. He boards FedEx Flight 705 with a speargun and hammers. After the cargo flight takes off from Memphis, Calloway storms into the cockpit and attacks the flight crew. They fight to subdue their co-worker and land the plane safely back at Memphis. Calloway is immediately arrested by police on the ground. | |||||
5 | Mistaken Identity | Iran Air Flight 655 | July 3, 1988 | Airbus A300-B2-203 | Shot down by USS Vincennes |
The Gulf War is raging on in the Persian Gulf. The USS Vincennes is a highly advanced cruiser, capable of identifying and destroying aircraft with pinpoint accuracy. But when Iran Air Flight 655 crosses the gulf, USS Vincennes mistakes the passenger plane for an F-14 Tomcat fighter jet and shoots it down despite its high-tech equipment, killing all onboard. | |||||
6 | Bomb on Board | Philippine Airlines Flight 434 | December 11, 1994 | Boeing 747-283B | In-flight terrorist bomb, damage to control systems |
A terrorist sneaks a bomb aboard Philippine Airlines Flight 434 on the first leg of its flight. On the final leg of the plane's journey to Tokyo, the bomb explodes, killing a passenger and damaging the plane's control systems. The pilot makes a successful emergency landing in Okinawa. The larger plot to bring down as many as a dozen planes is foiled. | |||||
7 | Helicopter Down | Bristow Flight 56C | January 19, 1995 | Eurocopter Super Puma | Lightning created by friction from the helicopter, tail rotor failure |
16 oil rig workers and 2 pilots hang in the balance when their Super Puma helicopter is struck by lightning in a storm while flying to the Brae Oilfield. The lightning strikes the tail rotor and it fails. The pilots then decide to switch off the main rotor, auto-gyro down and let the helicopter float in the sea. Everyone onboard get on a life raft, which is overcrowded and leaking in giant swells. Despite the conditions, the workers and pilots are rescued. The lightning struck due to the composite materials in the rotor blades, worrying investigators about new aircraft like the Boeing 787, designed to be made of 50% composites, and the Airbus A380, which uses 20% composites. | |||||
8 | Egypt Air 990
(Death and Denial) |
EgyptAir Flight 990 | October 31, 1999 | Boeing 767-366ER | Mechanical failure or pilot error, while Americans claim deliberate crash by the First Officer but is still disputed |
This mysterious crash should never have happened. First Officer Gameel Al-Batouti takes control of the cockpit of EgyptAir Flight 990 and switches off the auto-pilot. He nosedives the plane, then tries climbing back up to 24,000 feet, creating weightlessness in the cabin. Then, he nosedives the plane again, making pieces of EgyptAir 990 fly off. In the space of 36 seconds, the plane crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, 100 km offshore Nantucket. Today, the cause is still being argued over. | |||||
9 | Kid in the Cockpit | Aeroflot Flight 593 | March 23, 1994 | Airbus A310-304 | Pilot's 15 year old son disengages autopilot |
Pilots don't often break rules. But it happened when the pilot of Aeroflot Flight 593 brings his two children into the cockpit. His daughter has a turn at being a pilot, though she does nothing. Then, the pilot's 15 year old son, Eldar Kudrinsky has a turn. He unexpectedly disengages the auto-pilot and turns the steering column to the right. Flight 593 banks right at a 90 degree angle. The pilot finds out what happened and tries to raise the plane up but it stalls. The plane does a corkscrew dive and the pilot finds out he can't reach the steering column. Eldar is able to reach it, so he pulls it. But the plane crashes at a near level angle. All 75 people onboard die. | |||||
10 | Train Collision
(Head-On Collision) |
Hinton train collision | 8 February 1986 | -- | Driver fatigue, overseer error |
A freight train travels down the Canadian National Railway to deliver freight. But at a set of signals, the train speeds up and doesn't stop. The drivers at the front are asleep. The overseer in the back carriage is puzzled. He calls the drivers at the front but he hears nothing. He doesn't stop the train when he was trained to use an emergency brake. Now, the freight train is heading towards a passenger train on the same track. Suddenly, it happens. The trains collide and the freight train flies into the air. Then a fire breaks out. The disaster claims the lives of 23 people.
Note: This is a Crash Scene Investigation episode. | |||||
11 | Greek Ferry Disaster
(Collision Course) |
Express Samina sinking | 26 September 2000 | -- | Driver and crew error |
In stormy weather, the Express Samina sails in the Mediterranean Sea. The captain leaves the ferry on autopilot so he can watch the live football match in the passenger area with the crew. The waves push the Express Samina off course. Suddenly, a giant streak rocks the ferry. The Express Samina has hit a group of rocks and is now taking in water. Everyone panics and try to rescue themselves by jumping off the ferry. The ferry sinks under the waves. Survivors fight for their life in the freezing water and giant swells. Then, rescue comes and picks out the survivors. 80 passengers drown in the Aegean Sea.
Note: This is a Crash Scene Investigation episode. | |||||
12 | Runaway Train
(Unstoppable Train) |
San Bernardino train disaster | 12 May 1989 | -- | Brake failure, calculation error |
A freight train is coming down from a pass in the mountains. The driver applies brakes on to slow the train down. But nothing happens. The train is speeding uncontrollably down the mountain and is about to enter a turn near San Bernardino, California. The train derails off the tracks and crashes into a row of houses, killing 5 people. More than a week later, an oil pipeline underneath the crash site ruptures, killing 2 more people.
Note: This is a Crash Scene Investigation episode. | |||||
13 | African Hijack
(Ocean Landing) |
Ethiopian Airlines 961-es járat | 1996. november 23. | Boeing 767-260ER | Aircraft hijacking, fuel starvation |
It was a miracle landing after Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 was hijacked. The hijackers want the plane to fly to Australia. The pilot tries to convince the hijackers that there isn't enough fuel to go to Australia. But they refuse. The pilot tries tricking them by flying down the coast of Africa, but when the hijackers notice the trick, they demand the plane to fly east. The pilot obeys but heads for the Comoros Islands. Suddenly, the plane runs out of fuel. The leading hijacker tries to fly the plane and disables the autopilot. He realizes he can't control Flight 961. The pilot is put back in control and attempts to land the 767 on the water next to a beach at Grand Comoro Island. He tries landing on the ocean but it ends in disaster. The plane breaks up as its wing hits the water. Actual footage of the crash is filmed by tourists at the scene of the crash just off a beach at Grand Comoro Island. 125 people die. |
Season 4
[szerkesztés]# | Title
(alternate title) |
Disaster | Date of Disaster | Aircraft type | Cause of Disaster |
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1 | Miracle Escape
(Desperate Escape) |
Air France Flight 358 | August 2 2005 | Airbus A340-313-X | Runway overshoot in storm, short runway, pilot error |
Air France Flight 358 comes in too high for landing at Toronto/Pearson International Airport, Canada during a storm. The runway is short and the pilot deploys the thrust reversers too late. The A340 overshoots the runway and smashes through the airport fence before plunging into a small creek. Although the aircraft suffers an out-of-control fire from one of the engines, all 309 people onboard survive by evacuating the plane in under 90 seconds. | |||||
2 | Falling from the Sky
(All Engines Failed) |
British Airways Flight 9 | June 24 1982 | Boeing 747-236B | Stalling of all engines in volcanic ash cloud |
British Airways Flight 9 experiences views of St. Elmo's fire on the plane along with smoke smelling like sulphur in the cabin. Suddenly, all engines on the 747-236B start flaming. Then, they flame out. "This is Speedbird 9. All 4 engines have failed!" the pilot shouts on the radio. With 263 people in the balance, Flight 9 starts falling. But minutes before its fate in the ocean, the engines restart again. British Airways Flight 9 makes an emergency landing at Jakarta. The plane has been well sandblasted. Flight 9 becomes famous. The pilot is welcomed as a hero. A survivor writes a book about the flight called "All Four Engines Have Failed!". The strange happenings were from volcanic ash coming from a volcano in Indonesia. The fine particles of ash melted inside the engines, clogging them and causing all four to fail. | |||||
3 | Fire Fight
(Fiery Landing) |
Air Canada Flight 797 | June 2 1983 | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 | Unexplained in-flight fire, flashover |
Air Canada Flight 797 experiences a fire outbreak in the aircraft's toilet. Smoke fills the plane and everyone gasps for fresh air. The plane makes an emergency landing in Cincinnati, Ohio, but is engulfed by flames as the doors open on the runway due to a flashover. Half of the DC-9's passengers perish. | |||||
4 | Missed Approach
(Final Approach) |
Korean Air Flight 801 | August 6 1997 | Boeing 747-3B5 | Foul weather, pilot error and fatigue, improper training |
Korean Air Flight 801 with its 254 passengers and crew onboard is on final approach to Guam's Agana Airport. The glide slope beam is out of service and the plane is out of sight from the redesigned ground proximity radar. In the clouds and rain, the tired pilots struggle to find runway 6L. They follow the local DME to the ground hoping the airport is there. They extend the flaps and drop the undercarriage. They get lower but still can't see the airport. They attempt a missed approach procedure and try to increase power and retract the flaps but Flight 801 lands on the rugged terrain of Nimitz Hill. The plane breaks up and grinds to a halt. The crash causes passengers' legs to break on the seat crossbars. Stored "Duty Free" alcohol in the compartments mix with oxygen and ignite a raging fire. 26 crawl out but 228 die in the wreckage. | |||||
5 | Hidden Danger
(Mystery Crashes) |
United Airlines Flight 585/USAir Flight 427/Eastwinds Flight 517 | UA 585: March 3 1991/USAir 427: September 8, 1994/EA 517: 9 June, 1996 | UA 585: Boeing 737-222/USAir 427: Boeing 737-3B7/EA 517: Boeing 737 | Malfunction of power control units (PCUs) due to thermal shock UA 585: crash into park during approach USAir 427: nosedive during approach EA 517: Suffered two uncontrolled starboard rolls until successfully landing |
The Boeing 737 is the most reliable plane in the world. But United Airlines Flight 585's rudder fails and the plane spins out of control during approach to Colorado Springs, killing 25. Investigators know nothing about what caused it. Then three years later, USAir Flight 427 nosedives after a similar fate during final approach. What is causing the crashes? Two years on, Eastwinds Flight 517 experiences two massive rolls to the right but the pilot tries to control the rolls and lands safely. The rudder is removed for inspection to determine the causes of three incidents once and for all. It turns out to be thermal shock which caused the rudders of the three planes to hardover and jam. | |||||
6 | Panic Over the Pacific
(6 Mile Plunge) |
China Airlines Flight 006 | February 19 1985 | Boeing 747SP-09 | Engine failure, pilot error, jet lag, spatial disorientation |
China Airlines Flight 006 collides with a jetstream while flying to Los Angeles. The no. 4 engine fails and the pilots try to restart the engine at a much too high altitude. The plane banks slowly to the right but the pilot expects the autopilot to steady the plane. The plane slows down and stalls, sending the passengers and crew into a spiralling nosedive. The sudden actions put everyone under incredible G-forces. The Flight Engineer mistakes readings on the gauges for total engine failures on all engines rather than the Captain putting the throttle to idle. The speed increases and the plane pulls out of the dive but stalls again and falls. The extreme forces rip the undercarriage doors off and pieces of the stabilizers rip off as well. The Boeing 747SP clears the clouds and the pilot sees the horizon. The plane is pulled from the dive, pinning the passengers to their seats. The pilot lands safely at San Francisco despite having trouble with the elevators. 2 people are hurt, but everyone is alive. | |||||
7 | Out of Sight
(Collision Over LA) |
Aeroméxico Flight 498/Piper Cherokee N4891F | August 31, 1986 | Aeroméxico 498: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32/Private N4891F: Piper PA-28-181 Archer | Mid-air collision, Cherokee pilot error, badly equipped Cherokee |
Aeroméxico Flight 498 is descending into Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) for landing. Meanwhile, a private Piper Cherokee owned by the Kramer family takes-off from an airfield in nearby Torrance. They unwittingly enter LAX airspace but the air traffic controller doesn't notice it due to a distraction by a Grumman Tiger Flight 66R on the screen. Suddenly over the residential district of Cerritos, the Kramers' plane smashes into Flight 498's horizontal stabilizer, shearing off the top of the cockpit of the private plane and snapping half of the tail off from Flight 498. The Kramers die as a result of the impact. The badly damaged DC-9 flips inverted and plummets into the houses below. Everyone onboard dies plus 15 people on the ground. The private plane falls out of the sky and crashes into a school playground. | |||||
8 | Inbound
(Crash in Croatia) |
United States Air Force military aircraft, callsign IFO21 | 3 April 1996 | Boeing CT-43 | Pilot error, badly designed instrument approach procedure |
A USAF Boeing CT-43, callsign IFO21, which is a modified version of the Boeing 737-200, attempts an instrument approach into Dubrovnik Airport, Croatia in heavy fog. The passengers are mainly government officials, such as U.S. secretaries. The pilots attempt the IFR NDB approach to Runway 12. The plane reaches the NDB, but becomes hopelessly lost and because IFR NDB approaches are non-precision types, the plane goes off course and slams into the mountains north of the airport, killing all 35 people onboard, including the United States Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown. This episoee contains a chronology error; a laptop is displayed on the plane running Windows XP, despite the episode being set in 1996, only one year after the release of Windows 95. | |||||
9 | Desperate Dive
(Deadly Disorientation) |
Flash Airlines Flight 604 | 3 January, 2004 | Boeing 737-3Q8 | Spatial disorientation, pilot error while Egyptians claim structural failures but is still disputed |
Flash Airlines Flight 604 departs Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport located in a small resort on the south end of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt for Paris, France. Just after take-off, the plane banks right and goes off course. The pilot corrects the maneuver but the plane banks right again. This time, the pilot does nothing. The Boeing 737 rolls and goes down before slamming into the Red Sea 9km south of Sharm el-Sheikh. Everyone onboard is dead. Although many people today claim that the pilot was spatially disorientated, this disaster is still disputed. | |||||
10 | Ghost Plane
(Unconscious Pilot) |
Helios Airways Flight 522 | 14 August, 2005 | Boeing 737-31S | Loss of cabin pressure, fuel exhaustion, unanswered questions remain |
Helios Airways Flight 522 takes-off from Cyprus. As it flies over Greece, air traffic controllers lose radio contact with it. Fighter jets are sent up to meet with the Boeing 737. One of the jets get close to the plane only to see that the First Officer is alone and unconscious in the flight deck. Everyone in the cabin is also unconscious and oxygen masks are dangling from the cabin ceiling. The captain is missing. Then, the fighter jet pilot witnesses someone enter the cockpit. The mysterious person appears to be trying to regain control of the aircraft, but it is too late. Soon, Flight 522 runs out of fuel and dives into a hill near Marathon, Greece. There are no survivors. After a thorough investigation, the mysterious person is found out to be a flight attendant that had been working on the flight who managed to stay conscious by using a portable oxygen mask as opposed to the aircraft's installed oxygen masks. This solved the mystery of who the fighter pilot was looking at before the aircraft went down.
Note: The episode title references an aviation term for an aircraft flying without a pilot in control. | |||||
11 | KAL Shoot Down | Korean Air Flight 007 | 1 September, 1983 | Boeing 747-230B | Military shootdown |
After take-off from Anchorage, Alaska, Korean Air Flight 007 resumes its own navigation. About halfway through the flight to Seoul, South Korea, Flight 007 becomes way off course and strays into highly defensive Soviet airspace. The plane is mistaken as a threat to the Soviets and military jets head for the Boeing 747. Meanwhile onboard Flight 007, the pilot announces his final transmission to ATC. "This is KE 007..." and then the radio goes dead. The plane is shot by the military jets. The plane loses control and plunges into the waters off Sakhalin Island. Everyone onboard is dead. |