The BEST episodes directed by Ian Robertson
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#1 - Southern Storm (Southern Airways Flight 242)
Mayday - Season 5 - Episode 3
In 1977, a plane was caught in a storm so severe that it cracked the cockpit windscreen. The crew decided to try and land on a nearby highway, but the jet clipped a tree and burst into flames. Together with the cockpit crew, 72 passengers and 8 people on the ground were killed in the inferno but miraculously, 5 people on board survived.
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#2 - Caution to the Wind (Singapore Airlines, Flight 006)
Mayday - Season 12 - Episode 3
On 31 October 2000, Singapore Airlines Flight 006 collided on take-off into construction equipment at Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taipei during Typhoon Xangsane after taking off on the wrong runway. Out of the 179 passengers and crew, 83 people perished. AKA: Caution To The Wind