Mayday Season 16 Episode 10 Deadly Delivery

On the morning of February 6, 1996, a cargo plane takes off from Miami, Florida, headed for the Dominican Republic. The plane is loaded with a diverse set of cargo, including 60 barrels of orange juice concentrate, car parts, and other freight.

Forty minutes into the flight, the crew reports smoke in the cockpit. As they attempt to troubleshoot the problem, the smoke becomes thicker and more intense, and the plane's instruments start to fail. The pilots try to communicate with air traffic control, but their radio transmissions are garbled and unintelligible.

As they struggle to keep the aircraft flying, the crew realizes they are not going to make it to their destination. They attempt to make an emergency landing but crash into a mountain outside of Santo Domingo. The plane explodes upon impact, killing all four crew members.

The investigation into this deadly crash is one of the most challenging in aviation history. The team is faced with a limited amount of evidence, as the crash scene is largely destroyed and the cockpit voice recorder is missing.

As the team begins to investigate, they quickly realize that the cargo on the plane may have contributed to the crash. They discover that the orange juice concentrate had not been properly secured and had shifted during flight, potentially causing a weight imbalance that may have led to the crash.

Further investigation reveals that the crew may have been attempting to cover up the unsecured cargo by altering the flight plan, thus hiding the fact that the weight distribution was off-balance.

The investigators also discover that some of the car parts on the plane were counterfeit and that the company responsible for loading the cargo had a history of improperly secured loads.

As the investigation continues, the team uncovers a web of corruption and negligence that may have contributed to this tragic event. Ultimately, they are forced to confront the reality that some cargo is simply too dangerous to be transported by air.

In this intense and heart-wrenching episode of Mayday, viewers are taken inside the investigation of one of the most mysterious and devastating crashes in the history of aviation. Tensions are high as the team works to unravel the baffling circumstances surrounding the Deadly Delivery.