The dedicated Canadian series “Mayday: Desastres Aéreos” has already conquered the professional public or those simply curious about aviation since its launch in 2003. In a documentary style mixed with suspense, the films recount some of the most striking accidents in aviation. aviation history.

Using simulators and computer graphics, the series has so far produced 240 episodes in 22 seasons, including 6 specials with a compilation of various accidents, informs Aviacionline.

In each episode, the sequence of events of each disaster is reconstructed by interpreting the black box data, without revealing the causes until the end of each episode, also including interviews with survivors, aviation experts, pilots and searchers to explain the sequence of events, how the ensuing investigation took place and how the disaster could have been avoided.

In the last week of December, episodes of the 23rd season were revealed, which will air in the first week of January in Canada, Europe and the United States. Dates for Latin America and the Caribbean have yet to be announced.

The accidents that will be covered in this new season are:

Among the novelties is the recreation of the accident with the highest death toll with a single aircraft, Japan Airlines Flight 123. The producer had already thought about it in the third season, but decided to do it again with more advanced technology, just like he had done in the previous season with the crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261.

Two other very relevant accidents are those of Sichuan Airlines and Air Astana, where the skill and effort of the pilots prevented a large-scale disaster. In particular that of the Embraer 190, which was one of the most seen by the Flightradar24 aerial surveillance platform, since for two hours the pilots fought with an aircraft that was performing maneuvers beyond its aerodynamic capabilities.

Finally, the two most publicized accidents are Atlas Air cargo flight 3591 and Egyptair 804, the final report of which has just been published.