On 12 May 1989, a 69-car freight train goes out of control while descending from California's Cajon Pass. It derails in a residential neighbourhood of San Bernardino after reaching speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour (160 km/h). Two residents and two train crew members are killed in the initial crash. More than a week later, an underground gasoline pipeline, damaged by earth-moving equipment during the post-crash clean-up, ruptures and sparks a fire that kills another two people. A clerical error had caused the train's weight to be greatly underestimated, and it had been assembled without enough locomotives to provide adequate braking. Additionally, several of the engines had completely inoperable brakes, but this information was not passed on to the crews.
Note: This is a Crash Scene Investigation episode.
| Title | Mayday - Season 3 Episode 12 Runaway Train |
|---|---|
| Year | 2026 |
| Genre | Documentary, Drama, Crime |
| Country | Canada |
| Studio | 5, Discovery, Sky History, National Geographic, National Geographic |
| Cast | Stephen Bogaert |
| Crew | |
| Alternative Titles | Air Crash Investigation, Air Crash Investigations, Mayday! Desastres Aéreos, Crash Scene Investigation, Danger dans les airs, Mayday: Air Disaster, Air Disasters, Air Crash Investigation, Mayday, 空中浩劫, Vyšetřování leteckých neštěstí, Vyšetřování míst neštěstí, Letecké katastrofy, Flugzeug-Katastrophen: Die Unfall-Ermittler, Mayday - Alarm im Cockpit, Undersøgelse af flystyrt, Mayday: Catástrofes aéreas, Mayday Catástrofes Aéreas, Catástrofes aéreas, Lentoturmatutkinta, Air Crash, Dangers dans le ciel, Mayday : Dangers dans le ciel, Mayday : Alerte maximum, Air Crash Investigation, Mayday (Air Crash Investigation), Mayday Air disaster, Τραγωδία στον Αέρα, Istrage zrakoplovnih nesreća, Légikatasztrófák, Indagini ad alta quota, Air Crash Investigation, メーデー!:航空機事故の真実と真相, 항공사고 수사대, 항공 사고 수사대, May day, Air Crash Investigation, Flyhavarikommisjonen, Mayday: Air Disaster, Katastrofa w przestworzach, Mayday, Desastres Aéreos, Несреће у ваздуху, Расследования авиакатастроф, التحليق إلى المجهول, Haverikommissionen, Det bästa av Haverikommissionen, Letecké katastrofy, Air Crash Investigation, Uçak Kazası Raporu, 空中浩劫, Air Emergency, Air Disasters, Mayday: Air Disaster, Air Crash Investigation, Air Crash Investigation |
| Keyword | disaster, airplane accident, airplane wreck, airplane crash, crash landing, exploding airplane, mayday, plane crash, approving, plane crashes, plane accidents |
| First Air Date | Sep 03, 2003 |
| Last Air date | Mar 16, 2026 |
| Season | 26 Season |
| Episode | 240 Episode |
| Runtime | 46:14 minutes |
| Quality | HD |
| IMDb: | 8.20/ 10 by 277.00 users |
| Popularity | 111.1363 |
| Language | Russian, German, Japanese, French, English, Spanish |
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