Flight into Hell: The Terrifying Journey of a Smoke-Filled 747 | Mayday: Air Disaster

South African Airlines 747 en route from Taiwan to Johannesburg faces a catastrophic fire in the cargo hold. With the cabin filling with smoke and passengers struggling to breathe, the pilots attempt a daring descent over the Indian Ocean to Mauritius, 300 kilometers away. As time ticks away, a rare maneuver to open the doors at 14,000 feet becomes the last desperate bid to save lives amid thickening smoke. What factors could have ignited the cargo hold fire on South African Airlines Flight 747 during its routine flight? Mayday: Air Disaster - From Season 5 Episode 4 "Fanning the Flames": November 27, 1987. A 747 Combi is on a routine flight to South Africa when the cabin begins filling with smoke. Passengers struggle to breath as crew members attempt to fight a fire in the cargo hold. After the plane disappears in the Indian Ocean, an unprecedented recovery operation is launched to locate and raise the wreckage from the ocean floor. Rumours swirl. Did illegal weapons bring down Flight 295? Welcome to the OFFICIAL Mayday: Air Disaster YouTube Channel. Mayday: Air Disaster is a dramatic non-fiction series that investigates high-profile air disasters to uncover how and why they happened. Mayday: Air Disaster follows survivors, family members of crash victims and transportation safety investigators as they piece together the evidence of the causes of major accidents. So climb into the cockpit for an experience you won’t soon forget. Subscribe to the OFFICIAL Mayday: Air Disaster channel here: https://bit.ly/2PQnaMI #MaydayAirDisaster #MaydayInvestigation #AirEmergency #MaydayEpisodes #planecrashes #airplanecrashes #aviationaccidents #Fullepisode #airplanedisasterdocumentary #aircrashinvestigation