Mayday - Season 4 - Eps 10: Ghost Plane (Helios Airways Flight 522)

2007-06-1745 min⭐ 8.2/10

On 14 August 2005, air traffic controllers lose radio contact with Helios Airways Flight 522. Two fighters from the Hellenic Air Force intercept and investigate the flight and find all but one person on board not moving. A few moments later, the aircraft runs out of fuel and crashes, killing all 121 people on board. An incorrect setting on the cabin pressurization panel caused the pilots and everyone else on board to succumb to hypoxia.

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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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