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Mayday Episode 4.07 Out Of Sight (1986 Cerritos mid-air collision)
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Mayday Episode 4.07 Out Of Sight (1986 Cerritos mid-air collision)

Episode Premiere
May 27, 2007
Genre
Documentary
Production Company
Cineflix Productions
Official Site
http://www.discovery.ca/Shows/Mayday
Episode Premiere
May 27, 2007
Genre
Documentary
Period
2003 -
Production Co
Cineflix Productions
Distributor
5
Official Site
http://www.discovery.ca/Shows/Mayday
Director
Mike Douglas
Screenwriter
Charles E. Anderson
Main Cast
  • Stephen Bogaert
Additional Cast
  • Todd Campbell
  • Kevin Hare
  • Tony De Santis
  • Marco Grazzini
  • Natalie Sebastien

On 31 August 1986, Aeroméxico Flight 498, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9, and a light aircraft collide over Cerritos, California, causing both to go out of control and crash, killing 82 people. The accident was caused by neither pilot making visual contact with the other aircraft and a lack of automated collision warning systems. The crash inspires the creation of the traffic collision avoidance system.