Mayday
Season 12 Episode 10 - Focused on Failure (United Airlines Flight 173)
On 28 December 1978, the crew of United Airlines Flight 173 is preoccupied with a landing gear problem as the aircraft circles in a holding pattern in the vicinity of Portland, Oregon. It runs out of fuel and crashes in a sparsely populated area, killing 10 and seriously injuring 24 of the 189 on board. According to the NTSB, the pilot failed to acknowledge the warnings of the remaining crew regarding the aircraft's fuel state, while the remaining crew failed to adequately communicate the situation. The NTSB recommendation from this event led to the industry-wide implementation of Crew resource management (CRM) protocols.
Episodes in Season 12
Fight for Control (Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8)
45 min
Fire in the Hold (ValuJet Flight 592)
45 min
Caution to the Wind (Singapore Airlines Flight 006)
45 min
Pushed to the Limit (SilkAir Flight 185)
45 min
Blind Landing (TANS Perú Flight 204)
45 min
Grand Canyon Disaster (United Airlines 718 and Trans World Airlines 2)
45 min
Death of the President (2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154)
45 min
Catastrophe at OHare (American Airlines Flight 191)
45 min
Lokomotiv Hockey Team Disaster (2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Air Disaster)
45 min
Focused on Failure (United Airlines Flight 173)
45 min
Heading to Disaster (Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409)
45 min
28 Seconds to Survive (Santa Barbara Airlines Flight 518)
45 min
Vanished (Air France Flight 447)
45 min
