Name: Mayday
Genre: Documentary

Mayday Episode 5.04 Dead Weight (Air Midwest Flight 5481)

Mayday Episode 5.04 Dead Weight (Air Midwest Flight 5481)

Episode Premiere

April 30, 2008

Genre

Documentary

Production Company

Cineflix Productions

Official Site

http://www.discovery.ca/Shows/Mayday

Information

Episode Premiere

April 30, 2008

Genre

Documentary

Period

2003 -

Production Co

Cineflix Productions

Distributor

Official Site

http://www.discovery.ca/Shows/Mayday

Cast and Crew

Director

Su Rynard

Screenwriter

Michael Sheehan

Main Cast

Stephen Bogaert

Additional Cast

Mary Krohnert
Jesse Bond
Sharon McFarlane
Nathalie Toriel
Johnie Chase

Synopsis

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that the pilots' controls had been improperly adjusted during maintenance, and that the aircraft was overloaded due to outdated formula for calculation of passenger weights.