Mayday - Season 12 Episode 12 : 28 Seconds to Survive (Santa Barbara Airlines Flight 518)
2025
274
X-Ray
| Genre | : | Documentary, Drama, Crime |
|---|---|---|
| Last Air Date | : | 2025-05-26 |
| Companies | : | 5, Discovery, Sky History, National Geographic Channel, National Geographic |
| Starring | : | Stephen Bogaert |
| Language | : | EN FR DE ES IT |
Overview
On 21 February 2008, Santa Bárbara Airlines Flight 518, en route from Mérida, Venezuela, to Caracas, veers off course and flies into the side of a mountain shortly after takeoff. All 46 passengers and crew members on board die. Investigators determined that the aircraft took off with inoperative navigation equipment due to the pilots' failure to do their pre-flight checklist.
Overview
On 21 February 2008, Santa Bárbara Airlines Flight 518, en route from Mérida, Venezuela, to Caracas, veers off course and flies into the side of a mountain shortly after takeoff. All 46 passengers and crew members on board die. Investigators determined that the aircraft took off with inoperative navigation equipment due to the pilots' failure to do their pre-flight checklist.
