Mayday

Season 8, Episode 2

Episode Title: Cruel Skies (Bad Weather)

Air Date: 2009-06-17

Overview:

Southern Airways Flight 242, Delta Air Lines Flight 191, American Airlines Flight 1420, British Airways Flight 9. This special looked at the role of bad weather in disasters and examines the US Aviation Weather Center in Kansas City, Missouri, to see how information on weather is transmitted to pilots in the sky.