Name: Mayday
Genre: Documentary

Mayday Episode 13.07 Terror in Paradise (Air Moorea Flight 1121)

Mayday Episode 13.07 Terror in Paradise (Air Moorea Flight 1121)

Episode Premiere

January 27, 2014

Genre

Documentary

Production Company

Cineflix Productions

Official Site

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

Information

Episode Premiere

January 27, 2014

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

Daniel Kash
Riel Paley
Carinne Leduc
Godfrey Giocada
Chris Whitby

Synopsis

On 9 August 2007, Air Moorea Flight 1121 crashes shortly after taking off from Moorea Airport in French Polynesia. All 19 passengers and the pilot died. The cause was a badly worn and partly broken elevator control cable failing completely in flight. It was put under more strain than it could handle as the force on the elevators changed with flap retraction. The situation was likely aggravated by the aircraft being repeatedly buffeted by jet exhaust while parked, stressing the cables further.