Mayday alarm in the cockpit

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Television series
German title Mayday alarm in the cockpit
Original title Air Crash Investigation /
Mayday /
Air Disaster
Mayday-logo.png
Country of production Canada
original language English
Year (s) since 2003
Production
company		 Cineflix
length 45–50 (special feature-length episodes) minutes
Episodes 179+ in 20+ seasons ( list )
genre documentation
occupation

Narrator: Jonathan Aris and Stephen Bogaert

Mayday - alarm in the cockpit is since 2003 produced in Canada docudrama - television series that air accidents treated and incidents. It is broadcast internationally. Railway and shipping accidents are also discussed under the heading of Crash Scene Investigation .

action

Mayday recreates the flight in each episode, with the episodes usually starting at the airport. The interior shots are shot with actors, with the same cabin being set up differently depending on the airline's colors, the exterior views are animations. The whole flight is shown realistically with misfortune and consequences. If possible, interviews with eyewitnesses or passengers are also embedded in the plot. After the flight and the accident have been depicted, the investigations are re-enacted. At the end, a short conclusion is drawn.

production

Cineflix began production for Mayday on August 13, 2002 on a budget of CDN $ 2.5 million after Channel Five put the six-part, 1-hour series into production. To keep costs down, most of the production was done at Cineflix's offices in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. During production, the series to has been France 5 , Discovery Channel and Canal D sold. On June 2, 2003, Cineflix announced that they were selling the series to TVNZ , Seven Network, and Holland Media Group . Later that year, on October 10, a month before the first season aired, Cineflix announced that they had signed a major international deal with the National Geographic Channel to bring Mayday to 144 countries and 26 languages.

In 2011, Smithsonian Networks aired the fifth season, which was renamed Air Disasters , which made it the first time in the United States that Mayday aired on a station other than National Geographic. On January 25, 2012, Cineflix Rights announced that seasons 8, 9 and 11 (23 episodes) would be sold to Smithsonian Networks. On March 28, 2014, Cineflix Rights announced a contract with Smithsonian Networks for seasons 3, 4 and 13 (34 episodes).

Charisma

Germany

In Germany , consequences of Mayday alarms in the cockpit have been reported among other things

broadcast.

In some cases, episodes from different stations are also synchronized several times.

Switzerland

In Switzerland consequences of have been Mayday - alarm in the cockpit at

broadcast.

United States

Under Mayday: Air Disaster , consequences have so far occurred in the USA

broadcast.

Canada

Mayday: Air Emergency was previously in Canada at

broadcast.

Great Britain

As in Australia , the consequences in Great Britain are called Mayday: Air Crash Investigation . The consequences so far have been at

  • five
  • National Geographic Channel
  • National Geographic Channel HD

broadcast.

Poland

Under Katastrofa w przestworzach in Poland the consequences have so far been at

  • TVN
  • TV Puls (under Podniebny horror )
  • National Geographic Channel
  • National Geographic Channel HD

broadcast.

Spanish America and Spain

In Spanish America and Spain , the episodes were previously broadcast as Mayday: Catástrofes aéreas .

Episode list

Awards

  • 2004: Nomination for the Canadian Society of Cinematographers Award (CSC Award) for the episode Blindflug (Michael Boland)
  • 2008: Nomination for the Canadian Society of Cinematographers Award for the episode Ein Jet im Gleitflug (D. Gregor Hagey)
  • 2009: Nomination for the Canadian Society of Cinematographers Award for the episode Fatal Distraction (D. Gregor Hagey)
  • 2010: Gemini Award for the episode The Lockerbie Attack (best cut in a documentary or series - Sharon Zupancic)

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ New Cineflix science series Mayday starts production . Cineflix. August 13, 2002.
  2. ↑ Luke, Donna. Interview by Susan Zeller for Realscreen. No borders . January 1, 2003.
  3. ↑ a b Cineflix goes global with popular science series Mayday. Germany's Prosieben latest channel to acquire the show . Cineflix. June 2, 2003. Archived from the original on October 27, 2010.
  4. ↑ Cineflix International strikes NATGEO deal for new popular science series Mayday . Cineflix. October 22, 2003. Archived from the original on October 27, 2010.
  5. ↑ Cineflix Rights seals North and Latin American deals . Cineflix. January 25, 2012.
  6. ↑ Cineflix Rights seals multiple deals in advance of MIPTV 2014 . Cineflix. March 28, 2014.
  7. ↑ Alarm in the cockpit, part 1. Spiegel Online, accessed on September 2, 2018.
  8. ↑ Mayday - alarm in the cockpit. In: www.kabeleinsdoku.de. August 18, 2016. Retrieved October 29, 2016 .