Mayday - Season 8 Episode 1 System Breakdown (Next Generation Air Transportation System)
1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision, 1986 Cerritos mid-air collision, Avianca Flight 52, Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907, Überlingen mid-air collision.
This special looked at the role of air traffic controllers in the airline industry, and took a look at the Next Generation Air Transportation System, a new technology meant to eliminate mid-air collisions by reducing overall dependence on radar and radio, as well as delegating some of the air traffic controllers' tasks to computers on board each plane.
Year: 2026
Genre: Documentary, Drama, Crime
Country: Canada
Studio: 5, Discovery, Sky History, National Geographic, National Geographic
Director: André Barro, Bernard Vaillot
Cast: Stephen Bogaert
Crew:
First Air Date: Sep 03, 2003
Last Air date: Mar 23, 2026
Season: 26 Season
Episode: 240 Episode
Runtime: 46 minutes
IMDb: 8.20/10 by 279.00 users
Popularity: 54.3213
Language: Russian, German, Japanese, French, English, Spanish
Keyword : disaster, airplane accident, airplane wreck, airplane crash, crash landing, exploding airplane, mayday, plane crash, approving, plane crashes, plane accidents