Mayday

Season 12, Episode 1

Episode Title: Fight for Control (Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8)

Air Date: 2012-08-03

Overview:

On 8 June 1983, Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8's propeller separates from the aircraft over Cold Bay, Alaska, causing an explosive decompression and loss of control. The pilots manage to land the aircraft safely at Anchorage, Alaska. The propeller fell into the sea, and the cause of the separation is undetermined.