Mayday · SEASON 13

Speed Trap (Hughes Airwest Flight 706)

Episode 3 · 2013-12-30

★ 7.8
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Season 13Episode 3★ 7.8/10
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Episode overview

On 6 June 1971, Hughes Airwest Flight 706 collides with a United States Marine Corps (USMC) jet fighter above the San Gabriel Mountains. A total of 50 people from the two aircraft are killed, with the backseat crewman of the USMC aircraft the only survivor.

45 minutes

Season 13 episodes

1. Fight to the Death (British European Airways Flight 548)2013-12-16 2. Disaster on the Potomac (Air Florida Flight 90)2013-12-23 3. Speed Trap (Hughes Airwest Flight 706)2013-12-30 4. Queens Catastrophe (American Airlines Flight 587)2014-01-06 5. Lost in Translation (Crossair Flight 498)2014-01-13 6. Massacre Over the Mediterranean (Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870)2014-01-20 7. Terror in Paradise (Air Moorea Flight 1121)2014-01-27 8. Imperfect Pitch (XL Airways Germany Flight 888T)2014-02-03 9. Into the Eye of the Storm (Hurricane Hunters NOAA42)2014-02-10 10. Titanic in the Sky (Qantas Flight 32)2014-02-17