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Mayday
Season 5 · Episode 8
Fatal Distraction (Eastern Airlines Flight 401)
8.545mMay 28, 2008
A Lockheed L-1011 Tristar operating Eastern Airlines Flight 401 to Miami International Airport crashes in the Everglades because the crew is distracted by a faulty landing gear indicator light and accidentally disengage the autopilot. 101 people die.
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)