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Last updated on 08 December 2018.

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.

Reg. G-BGJL Boeing 737-236/Advanced River Orrin of British Airtours (CGI).

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.

Reg. G-BGJL Boeing 737-236/Advanced River Orrin of British Airtours.

Airbus A320

An A320 of Thomas Cook at the terminal, with a business jet in the background (CL-600?) At Manchester International Airport.

Airbus A320 of Thomas Cook Airlines.

Boeing 737-236

Boeing 737-236 of British Airtours.

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.

Reg. VT-EFO Boeing 747-237B Emperor Kanishka of Air India (CGI).

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.

Reg. N726DA Lockheed L-1011-385-1 Tristar 1 of Delta Air Lines (CGI).

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.

Reg. JA8119 Boeing 747SR-46 of JAL-Japan Airlines (CGI).

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. Possibly registration N804AJ c/n 22-00-10, which was destroyed by fire tests in 1989.

Convair 880 of TWA-Trans World Airlines.

Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident

Used to test aircraft evacuation.

Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident of British Airways.

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.

Reg. N388US Boeing 737-3B7 of USAir and Reg. N683AV Swearingen SA227-AC Metro III of SkyWest Airlines.

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.

Reg. F-GLZQ Airbus A340-313X of Air France (CGI).

Reg. F-GLZQ Airbus A340-313X of Air France.

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.

Reg. F-GFKC Airbus A320-111 of Air France.

Some CGI shots too.

Reg. F-GFKC Airbus A320-111 of Air France.

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 A300B4-203F of DHL Aviation.

Airbus A310-300

Boeing 767

Boeing 737-300

Douglas A-1 Skyraider

Deperdussin Monocoque

Reg. F-AZAR replica built by Salis in 1978 as a Deperdussin Monocoque.
Same aircraft in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

American Toy ?

Airbus A320-232

Airbus A320-232 of China Southern Airlines.

Airbus A320-214

Airbus A320-214 of US Airways.

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.

Reg.HL7442 Boeing 747-230B of Korean Air Lines.

Cabin of Boeing 747-230B of Korean Air Lines.

Boeing 747-131

Boeing 747-131 of TWA-Trans World Airlines.

Airbus A340

Airbus A340.

Antonov An-26

Antonov An-26.

Boeing 737-7H4

Registration N427WN, c/n 29831/1119.

Reg.N427WN Boeing 737-7H4 of Southwest Airlines.

Boeing RC-135V Rivet Joint

Reg.64-846 Boeing RC-135V Rivet Joint of th US Air Force.

Boeing E-3 Sentry

In the background, under the black radome.

Bell 412

Bell 412.

McDonnell Douglas C-9B Skytrain II

McDonnell Douglas C-9B Skytrain II of the USAF.

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 ?

ATR 42.

Ilyushin Il-14

Ilyushin Il-14 Red 17.

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 ML

MiG-23ML Yellow 70 seen in other documentaries at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

MiG-23ML Yellow 70.

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

At Miami Seaplane Base.

Grumman G-73T Turbo Mallard of Chalk's Ocean Airways.

Grumman G-73T Turbine Mallard registration N2969 built in 1947 s/n J-27; crashed off Florida coast on 19 December 2005.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).