A Learjet carrying golfer Payne Stewart and his associates deviates from its course and loses communication with air traffic control, leading to a midair emergency. Despite attempts to establish contact and assess the situation, the aircraft continues on its path toward major metropolitan areas, raising concerns about potential mass casualties.

What key discovery did investigators make regarding the aircraft's emergency checklist and its potential impact on the crew's response?

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Season 16 Episode 1: En route to Dallas from Orlando, a private Learjet carrying pro golf legend Payne Stewart goes rogue. Air traffic controllers are unable to reach the crew, and as the plane continues its unplanned trajectory across the Midwest, it’s obvious that something has gone terribly wrong. Air Force F16 fighter planes scramble to intercept the Learjet, but the frosted windows and darkened cockpit and cabin add up to a shocking reality—the Learjet is now a ghost plane.

Mayday: Air Disaster is a dramatic nonfiction series that investigates highprofile 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.

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