Mayday (2003)
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Jean-Michel Le Gal as Daniel Knecht
Episodes 2
Cockpit Failure (Crossair Flight 3597)
March 12, 2011
• 45m
10x3
On 24 November 2001, Crossair Flight 3597 crashes into a hill during final approach to Zurich, killing 24 of the 33 passengers and crew members on board. The cause of the crash was the pilot descending the aircraft below the minimum safe altitude for the approach.
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January 13, 2014
• 45m
13x5
On 10 January 2000, Crossair Flight 498 crashes just two minutes after takeoff from Zurich, Switzerland, while heading for Dresden, Germany, killing all 10 people on board. The investigation found that the pilots had suffered spatial disorientation.
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