Mayday

Season 12, Episode 5

Episode Title: Blind Landing (TANS Perú Flight 204)

Air Date: 2012-08-31

Overview:

On 23 August 2005, TANS Perú Flight 204 attempts to make a landing at Pucallpa Airport, Peru, in a severe thunderstorm, but crashes into a muddy swamp four miles (6.4 km) away. The cause was the pilots not following visual flight rules that could have prevented the crash while the aircraft was being pushed by a downdraft.