On February 16 , 2000 Emery Worldwide Flight 17 , a DC-8 cargo plane crashed shortly after takeoff from this airport , killing all 3 crewmembers . This incident was profiled on the Canadian TV show Mayday , also known , in the United States , as Air Disasters on the Smithsonian Channel
Flight 17
Emery Worldwide Flight 17
Sacramento Mather Airport