The RCMP and other international police forces say they are looking into a link between a sudden increase in incidents of plane crashes, near-misses or other aircraft incidents and a recent announcement that the air crash investigation documentary show Mayday will be renewed for another three seasons.

“We’re not accusing anyone of anything, but we have some questions about some suspicious activity,” said RCMP spokesperson Foo Ladiue.

For example, a casting call for actors to play pilots was posted in late January, saying they should have passable American accents and be willing to hang upside down during some scenes. Weeks later, when Delta Connection Flight 4819 crash landed at Toronto’s Pearson Airport, a camera crew was spotted near the end of the runway that had links to Mayday producer Cineflix.

Then, a producer based in Busan, South Korea, was arrested at the local airport with matches and accelerant, and a search of their web browsing history discovered he searched “Airbus A321 fire tail consequences” a day before an incident involving an Air Busan flight.

Neither incident resulted in any fatalities.

“It’s ridiculous to suggest that we had anything to do with that rolled-over Delta plane, that tail fire in Korea or the miraculous no-engine landing in Kelowna on April 2,” said Mayday executive producer Charles Pêché, before asking if this interview could be embargoed until April 3. “We obviously wish for the safest skies and have no desire to see any risk of life, even if telling the story about it later might make us millions of dollars.”

He said producers approach their stories with the utmost care and wait at least 30 minutes after any plane crash before approaching pilots with consent forms for on-camera interviews.