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Mayday · S12E13

Vanished (Air France Flight 447)

Still from Mayday S12E13

Summary

On 1 June 2009, Air France Flight 447, a scheduled flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, stalls and crashes into the Atlantic Ocean while flying through a thunderstorm, killing all 216 passengers and 12 crew members on board. The causes of the crash were incorrect airspeed readings due to ice blockage of the aircraft's pitot tubes, inappropriate control inputs and the pilots not taking recovery action until it was too late.

Guest stars

  • Russell Ferrier as Captain Dubois
  • Ray Galletti as First Officer Bonin
  • John Maillet as First Officer Robert
  • Stuart Clow as Alain Bouillard
  • Derek Moran as Leo Sartorius
  • Daniel O'Keefe as BEA Sea Search Investigator
  • Dan Charlebois as Air France Maintenance Worker