Name: Mayday
Genre: Documentary

Mayday Episode 12.13 Vanished (Air France Flight 447)

Mayday Episode 12.13 Vanished (Air France Flight 447)

Episode Premiere

April 15, 2013

Genre

Documentary

Production Company

Cineflix Productions

Official Site

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

Information

Episode Premiere

April 15, 2013

Genre

Documentary

Period

2003 -

Production Co

Cineflix Productions

Distributor

Official Site

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

Cast and Crew

Director

Michael Sinyi

Screenwriter

Michael Sheehan

Main Cast

Stephen Bogaert

Additional Cast

Russell Ferrier
Ray Galletti
John Maillet
Stuart Clow
Derek Moran

Synopsis

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.