Mayday Season 5 Episode 4
Dead Weight (Air Midwest Flight 5481)
On 8 January 2003, Air Midwest Flight 5481 crashes into an aircraft hangar at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport seconds after takeoff on a flight to Greenville. All 21 people on board die, and one person on the ground is injured. Investigation showed that the pilots' controls had been improperly adjusted during maintenance, and that the aircraft was overloaded due to outdated formula for calculation of passenger weights.
5 - 10Phantom Strike (Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907)Jun. 11, 2008- 5 - 9Mixed Signals (Birgenair Flight 301)Jun. 04, 2008
- 5 - 8Fatal Distraction (Eastern Airlines Flight 401)May. 28, 2008
- 5 - 7
- 5 - 6Gimli Glider (Air Canada Flight 143)May. 14, 2008
- 5 - 5Invisible Killer (Delta Air Lines Flight 191)May. 07, 2008
- 5 - 4Dead Weight (Air Midwest Flight 5481)Apr. 30, 2008
- 5 - 3Southern Storm (Southern Airways Flight 242)Apr. 23, 2008
- 5 - 2
- 5 - 1Explosive Evidence (Air India Flight 182)Apr. 09, 2008
