Mayday: Air Disaster

Special for National Geographic Channel

“MayDay: Air disaster” investigates dramatic and mystifying aviation disasters to find out what went wrong and why. Expertly crafted dramatic re- enactments take the viewer into the very heart of the action while key witness interviews, accident reports, news footage, and state of the art CGI help create a blow-by-blow account of events as they unfold. At every stage, we witness the drama in the cockpit, the panic in the cabin and the tension on the ground.

The intense human drama combines with hard-hitting scientific explanation. Whether it’s a terrorist attack, fatal human errors, or mechanical failures, Mayday reveals what really happened, and how the industry learned from each disaster. “Mayday” is one of the World’s most successful returning factual series. It’s National Geographic International’s highest rated series ever in 164 countries.