Mayday - Season Nine
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TV Series (Season 09 - 2010)
Also known as:
Mayday / Air Disasters (Québec)
Air Emergency (USA)
Air Crash Investigation(s) (English title)
Starring:
Each episode of 52 minutes includes two parts. The first one tells the chronology of a flight, with aviation experts and eyewitnesses, usually from the boarding until the drama. In the second part, the enquiry is told until its conclusions and the consequences on industry and airline companies are exposed.
Episode One : Panic on the Runway (British Airtours Flight 28M)
Boeing 737-236/Advanced (CGI)
Registration G-BGJL, c/n 22033/743 built in 1981. The subject of the episode, British Airtours Flight 28M experienced an engine failure and fire while taking off from Manchester International Airport (MAN/EGCC) on 22 August 1985. The pilots aborted the takeoff and pulled off the runway while the fire produced poisonous smoke in the aircraft. 54 of the passengers died, mostly due to smoke inhalation.
Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Boeing 737-236/Advanced
Registration G-BGJL, c/n 22033/743 built in 1981. The subject of the episode, British Airtours Flight 28M experienced an engine failure and fire while taking off from Manchester International Airport (MAN/EGCC) on 22 August 1985. The pilots aborted the takeoff and pulled off the runway while the fire produced poisonous smoke in the aircraft. 54 of the passengers died, mostly due to smoke inhalation.
Airbus A320
An A320 of Thomas Cook at the terminal, with a business jet in the background (CL-600?) At Manchester International Airport.
Boeing 737-236
Boeing 747-237B (CGI)
Registration VT-EFO, c/n 21473/330 built in 1978. Shown during a sequence of aviation incidents that occurred during 1985. Air India Flight 182, subject of episode 5.07.
Lockheed L-1011-385-1 TriStar 1 (CGI)
Registration N726DA, c/n 1163 built in 1979. Shown during a sequence of aviation incidents that occurred during 1985. Delta Air Lines Flight 191, subject of episode 5.03.
Boeing 747SR-46 (CGI)
Registration JA8119, c/n 20783/230 built in 1974. Shown during a sequence of aviation incidents that occurred during 1985. Japan Airlines Flight 123, subject of episode 3.04.
Various Aircraft
A view of the British Airtours plane from the Manchester International Airport (MAN/EGCC) terminal, with several airliners in the foreground. Left to right: Boeing 737-200 of Orion Airways, Boeing 737-200 of Dan-Air London, BAC One-Eleven of Dan-Air London, registration G-BLKC c/n 23061 built in 1985 Boeing 737-3T5 of Orion Airways, and registration G-AVRL, c/n 19709/38 built in 1968 Boeing 737-204 of Britannia Airways.
Convair 880
Looks like a Convair 880 with TWA's livery, but I can't find any record of such an incident.
Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident
Used to test aircraft evacuation.
Boeing 737-3B7 & Swearingen SA227-AC Metro III
USAir Flight 1493 / SkyWest Flight 569, which collided on the runway at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX/KLAX) on 1 February 1991. Subject of Ep. 9.04.
Airbus A340-313X
Registration F-GLZQ, c/n 289 built in 1999. Air France Flight 358 ran off the runway at Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ/CYYZ) on 2 August 2005. All passengers survived.
Episode Two
(not yet found)
Episode Three : Pilot vs. Plane Air France Flight 296)
Airbus A320-111
Reg. F-GFKC, c/n 009 built in 1988. Crashed during a low pass over Mulhouse–Habsheim Airport (LFGB) in 1988.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Some CGI shots too.
Eurocopter MBB BO-105
Tail fin of Air France's Airbus A320 behind the tree (registration F-GFKC, main subject of the episode).
Piper PA-18 Super Cub
Douglas A-4M Skyhawk
Brazil, Argentina or RNZAF ?
Airbus A300B4-203F
Airbus A310-300
Boeing 767
Boeing 737-300
Douglas A-1 Skyraider
Deperdussin Monocoque
Reg. F-AZAR replica built by Salis in 1980 as a Deperdussin GB 1913 P.
American Toy ?
Airbus A320-232
Airbus A320-214
Episode Four
(not yet found)
Episode Five : Target is Destroyed (Korean Air Lines Flight 007)
Boeing 747-230B
Registration HL7442, c/n 20559/186. Shot down by Soviets near Sakhalin islands on 1.9.83.
Boeing 747-131
Airbus A340
Antonov An-26
Boeing 737-7H4
Registration N427WN, c/n 29831/1119.
Boeing RC-135V Rivet Joint
Boeing E-3 Sentry
In the background, under the black radome.
Bell 412
McDonnell Douglas C-9B Skytrain II
Boeing 757-200
A Boeing 757 with its registration ending by UE; already seen in Ep. 5.08 Mixed Signals.
Unidentified Aircraft
Probably the gun muzzle of a North American FJ-2 Fury (I don't think a soviet fighter has such one).
Unidentified Aircraft
Mig 19 or Sukhoï Su 7 ?
ATR 42
The investigation's second life : a new start occured in 1993 at Paris (note the french flag along the wall). Perhaps an ATR model on the desk ?
Ilyushin Il-14
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 ML
MiG-23ML Yellow 70 seen in other documentaries at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23BN
Or Mig 27 (both dedicated to ground attack).
Sukhoi Su-15TM
A CGI of the cockpit.
A CGI of the cannon fire as warning shot.
Another CGI view of Red 17.
Sukhoi Su-20
Sukhoi Su-7UM/UMK
The both open canopies in the background are those of this trainer.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
Seen in the background of the departure of the Sukhoi Su-20.
(missing screenshot)
Episode Six
(not yet found)
Episode Seven
(not yet found)
Episode Eight : Cracks in the System (Chalk's Ocean Airways Flight 101)
Grumman G-73T Turbo Mallard
Grumman G-73T Turbine Mallard registration N2969 built in 1947 s/n J-27; crashed off Florida coast on 19 December 2005.
Eurocopter HH-65 Dolphin
Fokker F.VIIb/3m
Same aircraft seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Grumman G-21A Goose
Reg. N95467 Grumman G-21A Goose (c/n 1161) built in 1942. Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Douglas World Cruiser
Fairchild-Swearingen SA226-TC Metro II
Bell 222
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See also
Main page of Mayday / Dangers dans le ciel : Dangers dans le ciel
- Unidentified Aircraft
- Airbus A300
- Airbus A310
- Airbus A320 family
- Airbus A340
- Antonov An-26
- ATR 42
- Bell 222
- Boeing 737
- Boeing 747
- Boeing 757
- Boeing 767
- Boeing E-3 Sentry
- Boeing RC-135
- Convair 880/990
- Deperdussin Monocoque
- Douglas A-1 Skyraider
- Douglas A-4 Skyhawk
- Douglas World Cruiser
- Eurocopter HH-65 Dolphin
- Eurocopter MBB BO-105
- Fairchild-Swearingen Metroliner
- Fokker F.VII
- Grumman G-21 Goose
- Grumman G-73 Mallard
- Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident
- Ilyushin Il-14
- Lockheed L-1011 TriStar
- McDonnell Douglas DC-9
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23
- Piper PA-18 Super Cub
- Sukhoi Su-7
- Sukhoi Su-15
- Air France
- Air India
- Antilles Air Boats
- British Airtours
- British Airways
- Chalk's International Airlines
- China Southern Airlines
- Delta Air Lines
- Japan Airlines
- Korean Air
- SkyWest Airlines
- Southwest Airlines
- Thomas Cook Airlines
- Trans World Airlines
- US Airways
- USAir