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Mayday
Season 5 · Episode 7
Fanning the Flames (South African Airways Flight 295)
6.845mMay 21, 2008
South African Airways Flight 295 starts filling with smoke over the Indian Ocean. A fire has erupted in the rear main level cargo area; the pilots successfully open the doors in flight to clear the smoke from the aircraft, however it crashes with no survivors.
Episodes
- Episode 1Explosive Evidence (Air India Flight 182)
- Episode 2Behind Closed Doors (American Airlines Flight 96 and Turkish Airlines Flight 981)
- Episode 3Southern Storm (Southern Airways Flight 242)
- Episode 4Dead Weight (Air Midwest Flight 5481)
- Episode 5Invisible Killer (Delta Air Lines Flight 191)
- Episode 6Gimli Glider (Air Canada Flight 143)
- Episode 7Fanning the Flames (South African Airways Flight 295)
- Episode 8Fatal Distraction (Eastern Airlines Flight 401)
- Episode 9Mixed Signals (Birgenair Flight 301)
- Episode 10Phantom Strike (Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907)