Fight for Control (Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8) Mayday : Season 12 Episode 1
TV-14 National Geographic 45m int(0)
Aired: August 3rd, 2012 @ 2:00 PM EST on National Geographic
On 8 June 1983, Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8's propeller separates from the aircraft over Cold Bay, Alaska, causing an explosive decompression and loss of control. The pilots manage to land the aircraft safely at Anchorage, Alaska. The propeller fell into the sea, and the cause of the separation is undetermined.