Mayday - Season 3 - Eps 13: Ocean Landing

2005-12-0745 min⭐ 8.2/10

On 23 November 1996, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is forced to ditch after running out of fuel. The aircraft breaks up as the wings hit the water, killing 125 people. The aircraft had been hijacked and ran out of fuel because the hijackers did not believe the pilot's insistence that there was not enough fuel aboard to make it to the hijackers' planned destination: Australia.

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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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