Mayday — Season 1, Episode 5: Cutting Corners
Documentary, Drama, Crime • 45 min • 26 seasons, 240 episodes • ★ 8.2/10
Episode synopsis
On January31, 2000, Alaska Airlines Flight 261's trimmable horizontal stabilizer jams and breaks free from its control system. The aircraft dives inverted into the Pacific Ocean, causing the death of all 88 on board.
About Mayday
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.