Mayday · SEASON 11

Break Up Over Texas (Continental Express Flight 2574)

Episode 4 · 2011-12-29

★ 7.6
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Season 11Episode 4★ 7.6/10
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Episode overview

On 11 September 1991, Continental Express Flight 2574 is nearing the end of its intra-state flight from Laredo, Texas, to Houston. As the pilots are preparing to land, the aircraft tips into a dive and falls out of the sky as the left wing tears apart. All 14 people on board die. Improper maintenance caused a section of the horizontal stabilizer to break loose during flight, after which the pilots had no control.

45 minutes

Season 11 episodes