TV Air Disasters - Season 5 Episode 7 : Massacre Over the Mediterranean Air Disasters - Season 5 Episode 7 : Massacre Over the Mediterranean 8.2/10 by 16 users In June of 1980, Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870 was a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15 that left Guglielmo Marconi airport in Bologna, Italy traveling to Palermo, Sicily, and was in its final descent before crashing into the Tyrhennian Sea near the island of Ustica. All 77 passengers and 4 crew lost their lives in the crash, the cause of which is still debated to this day. Details Casts Posters Images Title Air Disasters - Season 5 Episode 7 : Massacre Over the Mediterranean Alternative Titles Mayday: Catástrofes Aéreas First Air Date 2011-05-15 Last Air Date 2026-03-29 Number of Episodes 281 Number of Seasons 25 Genres Documentary, Networks Smithsonian Channel, Casts Stephen Bogaert Plot Keywords , Narrator Stephen Bogaert Episodes List Air Disasters Season 5 :Episode 1 Fight to the Death Fight to the Death 2015-02-08 Catastrophic incidents in aviation history are meticulously reenacted, providing insight into what went wrong and if the crashes and near-disasters... Air Disasters Season 5 :Episode 2 Speed Trap Speed Trap 2015-02-15 Catastrophic incidents in aviation history are meticulously reenacted, providing insight into what went wrong and if the crashes and near-disasters... Air Disasters Season 5 :Episode 3 Lost in Translation Lost in Translation 2015-02-22 Catastrophic incidents in aviation history are meticulously reenacted, providing insight into what went wrong and if the crashes and near-disasters... Air Disasters Season 5 :Episode 4 Tragedy on the Potomac Tragedy on the Potomac 2015-03-01 Catastrophic incidents in aviation history are meticulously reenacted, providing insight into what went wrong and if the crashes and near-disasters... Air Disasters Season 5 :Episode 5 Queens Catastrophe Queens Catastrophe 2015-03-08 Catastrophic incidents in aviation history are meticulously reenacted, providing insight into what went wrong and if the crashes and near-disasters... Air Disasters Season 5 :Episode 6 Into the Eye of the Storm Into the Eye of the Storm 2015-03-15 Catastrophic incidents in aviation history are meticulously reenacted, providing insight into what went wrong and if the crashes and near-disasters... Air Disasters Season 5 :Episode 7 Massacre Over the Mediterranean Massacre Over the Mediterranean 2015-03-22 Catastrophic incidents in aviation history are meticulously reenacted, providing insight into what went wrong and if the crashes and near-disasters... Air Disasters Season 5 :Episode 8 Imperfect Pitch Imperfect Pitch 2015-03-29 Catastrophic incidents in aviation history are meticulously reenacted, providing insight into what went wrong and if the crashes and near-disasters... Air Disasters Season 5 :Episode 9 Getting Out Alive Getting Out Alive 2015-04-05 Catastrophic incidents in aviation history are meticulously reenacted, providing insight into what went wrong and if the crashes and near-disasters... Air Disasters Season 5 :Episode 10 Terror in Paradise Terror in Paradise 2015-04-12 Catastrophic incidents in aviation history are meticulously reenacted, providing insight into what went wrong and if the crashes and near-disasters... Air Disasters Season 5 :Episode 11 Titanic in the Sky Titanic in the Sky 2015-04-19 Catastrophic incidents in aviation history are meticulously reenacted, providing insight into what went wrong and if the crashes and near-disasters...