Mayday - Season 10 - Eps 1: Who's in Control (Turkish Airlines Flight 1951)

2011-02-2845 min⭐ 8.2/10

On 25 February 2009, Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 is on approach to land at Schiphol in Amsterdam, when it stalls and crashes 1.5 kilometres from the runway. Nine people, including the three cockpit crew members, are killed. A faulty radar altimeter caused the aircraft's flight control computer to automatically reduce engine thrust prematurely, and the flight crew failed to notice the resulting drop in airspeed until it was too late.

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About Mayday

Mayday

Title: Mayday

First Air Date: 2003-09-03

Last Air Date: 2025-03-23

Status: Returning Series

Rating: 8.2/10 (from 260 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 26

Total Episodes: 229

Network: 5 Discovery Sky History National Geographic Channel National Geographic

Genres: Documentary, Drama, Crime

Production Companies: Cineflix Productions, World Media Rights

Synopsis

Major real-life air disasters are depicted in this series. Each episode features a detailed dramatized reconstruction of the incident based on cockpit voice recorders and air traffic control transcripts, as well as eyewitnesses recounts and interviews with aviation experts.

Cast

Stephen Bogaert

Stephen Bogaert

Narrator (voice)

Jonathan Aris

Jonathan Aris

Narrator (Nat Geo)

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