Name: Mayday
Genre: Documentary

Mayday Episode 13.04 Queens Catastrophe (American Airlines Flight 587)

Mayday Episode 13.04 Queens Catastrophe (American Airlines Flight 587)

Episode Premiere

January 6, 2014

Genre

Documentary

Production Company

Cineflix Productions

Official Site

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

Information

Episode Premiere

January 6, 2014

Genre

Documentary

Period

2003 -

Production Co

Cineflix Productions

Distributor

Official Site

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

Cast and Crew

Director

Tim Wolochatiuk

Screenwriter

Armen Kazazian

Main Cast

Stephen Bogaert

Additional Cast

Michael Kash
Bruce Godfree
Thom Marriott
Dan Warry-Smith
Todd Schroeder

Synopsis

On 12 November 2001, just two months after the September 11 attacks, American Airlines Flight 587 spirals out of control after taking off from John F. Kennedy Airport. Shortly after, the aircraft crashes into the suburb of Queens, killing all 260 people on board and five people on the ground. The vertical stabilizer had detached from the aircraft because of improper rudder use by the first officer, after encountering wake turbulence from a Boeing 747-400 that had taken off minutes earlier.