RunningTime : 312

TheatricalReleaseDate : 2003

ReleaseDate : 2009-04-07

Studio : E1 Entertainment

Publisher : E1 Entertainment

Format : Color/Dolby/DVD/Widescreen/NTSC

Director : Greg Lanning/Bryn Higgins/Gary Lang/Bernard Vaillot

Binding : DVD

Description
As seen on National Geographic Channel as “Air Emergency”

Hold on to your seat! Each episode of this white-knuckled, thrilling series features a detailed re-enactment of a real-life air emergency. Using cockpit voice recorders and air traffic control transcripts, as well as eyewitness accounts and interviews with aviation experts, Mayday: Air Disasters provides an exciting and compelling look at the critical moments before, during and after these catastrophes and near-misses.

Includes Six Gripping Episodes:

“Unlocking Disaster” ? At an altitude of 33,000 feet, the cargo door of Flight 811 opens, ripping a huge hole in the 747 and taking out five rows of seats and nine passengers.

“Racing the Storm” ? At the height of thunderstorm season in Arkansas, American Airlines 1420 slips off a wet runway, down an embankment and breaks apart.

“Fire on Board” ? The pilot of Swissair Flight 111 smells smoke in the cockpit. Minutes later, fire and complete electrical failure cause the MD11 to crash into the Atlantic.

“Flying Blind” ? As Aeroperu Flight 603 takes off from Lima, its airspeed and altitude indicators jam. The flight crew is flying blind and heading for disaster.

“Cutting Corners” ? Shortly after Air Alaska Flight 261 takes off, the stabilizer malfunctions. The pilots struggle to control the nose-diving plane before it crashes into the ocean.

“Flying on Empty” ? An Air Transat Airbus runs out of fuel over the Atlantic and has to glide to a power-free landing, narrowly avoiding catastrophe.