Mayday Season 14 Episode 2 Niki Lauda: Tragedy in the Air (Lauda Air Flight 004) ( Air Date 2015-01-12 ) Genre Documentary, Drama, Crime category. Overview "On 26 May 1991, the thrust reverser of the first engine of Lauda Air Flight 004 accidentally deploys in mid-flight causing the plane to spiral out of control and disintegrate about 100 miles northwest of Bangkok. All of the 223 passengers and crew die in the crash.".