The global success of Titanic showed how fascinated, and terrified, we are of the sea and its unknown depths. Mayday reveals that we have plenty to be worried about.
The makers of the acclaimed Black Box and Crash turn their attention to the world’s worst transport accidents involving ships. The series recounts the most horrifying maritime disasters through the eyes of investigators and witnesses. Disasters such as the captain and untrained crew who left 158 people to die on a burning liner; The Estonia which sank in 10 minutes with a loss of 850 lives; the boats that ran aground, hit rocks and in one case, a railway bridge. Plus, the design faults that become death traps in the wrong conditions. Mayday asks why, how and could they happen again?
