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Mayday - Season 12 Episode 8 : Catastrophe at OHare (American Airlines Flight 191)

Jan 01, 1970 00:46:14m

274 votes

Documentary, Drama, Crime

Seasons and episodes

Episode List

Ep 1 Fight for Control (Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8)

2012-08-03

Ep 2 Fire in the Hold (ValuJet Flight 592)

2012-08-10

Ep 3 Caution to the Wind (Singapore Airlines Flight 006)

2012-08-17

Ep 4 Pushed to the Limit (SilkAir Flight 185)

2012-08-24

Ep 5 Blind Landing (TANS Perú Flight 204)

2012-08-31

Ep 6 Grand Canyon Disaster (United Airlines 718 and Trans World Airlines 2)

2013-01-24

Ep 7 Death of the President (2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154)

2013-01-27

Ep 8 Catastrophe at OHare (American Airlines Flight 191)

2013-02-25

Ep 9 Lokomotiv Hockey Team Disaster (2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Air Disaster)

2013-03-04

Ep 10 Focused on Failure (United Airlines Flight 173)

2013-03-11

Ep 11 Heading to Disaster (Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409)

2013-03-25

Ep 12 28 Seconds to Survive (Santa Barbara Airlines Flight 518)

2013-04-01

Ep 13 Vanished (Air France Flight 447)

2013-04-15

Synopsis

On 25 May 1979, the left engine of American Airlines Flight 191 falls off moments after takeoff at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. The aircraft crashes into an open field shortly thereafter, killing all 271 people on board and two people on the ground. The engine fell off because the pylon attaching it to the wing had suffered damage caused by improper maintenance procedures.