Having to go through a life-altering experience like a hijack, air crash, etc., can be traumatizing to the ones who have experienced the same. Directed by Tim Wolochatiuk and Mark Mainguy, the series titled “Air Disasters” cast stars Jonathan Aris, Stephen Bogaert, John Cox, John Nance, Gregory Feith, Ron Schleede, Tom Haueter and David Learnmount.
Produced by Alex Bystram and Lana Pitkin, the series has run for 20 successful seasons with more than 200 episodes. The series episode has a run time of 54 minutes for the viewers to enjoy.
Released on May 15, 2011, the series shows a dramatized reconstruction of one’s worst nightmare while traveling by airplane. The television series depicts major real-life disasters caused by engine failure and human mistakes that may end up in amazing miracles with a little courage from the passengers and pilots.
Viewers felt mesmerized by the series episodes due to them being a reenactment of real-life incidents. The series has the viewers hooked to it since the day of its release. The series is known as Mayday in Canada and as Air Disasters in Australia and U.K.
The series title comes from a French word meaning help me. The series gets the love from viewers due to it being a documentary, and who doesn’t love a well-made crime documentary?
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Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 7: Recap
The series focuses on the dramatization of a real-life crisis that occurred with passengers in the sky while traveling by airplane. The series tells the story of passengers’ experience through a series of featured interviews of investigators, aviation experts, eyewitness testimony, cockpit recorded voice, and imagery generated by computer.
The series’ first episode witnessed the Air disasters from planes like American Airlines Flight 77 and TWA Jet Aircraft 800 that triggered a swarm of coverage from the media. This incident led to the airport’s increasing security measures and high-profile investigations.
The flight had 133 passengers onboard, nearing the end of their journey on Garuda Indonesia from the Indonesian capital of Jakarta to the city of Yogyakarta. The flight gets into an accident with 15 minutes remaining in a touchdown and Captain Muhammad Marwoto Komar briefing his co-pilot with the last-minute details for a safe landing.
The ATC gives a clear signal to the pilot to land the plane on runway zero niner. With the runway in sight and just above 3000 Km from the ground, the passengers began to notice something being wrong with the plane due to its speed being faster than it should have been near the ground.
The pilots failed to control the plane, thus causing a crash as the airplane landed off the runway in a swampy rice field. The passengers struggle to get out of the burning plane while the firefighters struggle to reach the rice field in time. The risk lies in the fact that if the fuel pump gets ignited, the plane will end up exploding and killing all passengers.
The passengers finally make their escape after the exit game is opened by two of their fellow passengers. The incident led to the death of 21 passengers on board with the cabin crew. After the crash, the aviation investigators begin their investigation to know the reason behind the crash as several factors can be behind it.
The episode witnessed two other crashes that happened while the pilots tried to land the plane in unfavorable weather conditions. Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crashed after nearing the end of their journey from Seoul to San Fransico.
The flight carrying 291 passengers and 14 crew members met with the crash while landing. Most of the passengers survived the crash, and the aviation investigators started their investigation to find the reason behind the crash. The episode ends with aviation investigators filing their end report for the reason behind the crash.
Air Disaster Season 20 Episode 8 Preview
The upcoming episode titled ” Deadly Confusion” will see spatial disorientation being the leading cause of air accidents. The episode will see pilots with plenty of experience failing to control their flights, thus leading to emergencies. The pilots in the upcoming episode will be susceptible to the subtle yet deadly effects of an emergency.
Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 8 Release Date
Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 8 will air on September September 17, 2023, at 10:00 PM [E.T.] on the Smithsonian channel. The episode will run for 54 minutes, and the episode is expected to have ten episodes. The episodes are released weekly, with a new episode released every Sunday.
- In the U.S.- at 10:00 PM [E.T.] on September 17, 2023
- In India – at 7:30 AM [I.S.T.] on September 18, 2023
- In Australia – at 12:00 PM [A.E.S.T.] on September 18, 2023
- In Japan – at 11:00 AM [J.S.T.] on September 18, 2023
- In Korea- at 11:00 AM [K.S.T.] on September 18, 2023
- In U.K. – at 1:00 AM [G.M.T.] on September 18, 2023
Air Disasters Season 20 Episode 8: Streaming Guide
Ardent fans of the series can access the episodes are available for viewers’ access on the Smithsonian Channel for viewers living locally, so if you have a friend living in Canada, ask them to borrow their credentials. VPN is what God sends for people living outside of Canada. The previous seasons are available on Disney+ and Prime Video.
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