If like me, you’re fascinated by these Air Crash Investigation programmes on National Geographic, then you’ll be pleased to know that a new series starts tonight at 9:00pm.
(Taken from http://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/explore/aircrash/)
ALL ENGINES FAILED! – February 5 at 9.00 pm
On 24 June 1982, the engines of British Airways Flight 009 stopped. Minutes before it crashed into the sea, the engines roared back to life, saving all onboard.
MIRACLE ESCAPE – February 5 at 10.00 pm
Recent high-profile air disasters are examined and re-enacted to determine just what went wrong. A compelling, in-depth look at all aspects of air safety.On 2 August 2005, Air France Flight 358 skidded off the runway in Toronto. An engine caught fire, trapping more than 300 passengers on the plane. How did they escape?
FIRE FIGHT – February 6 at 9.00 pm
When a fire erupted onboard Air Canada Flight 797, the pilot made an emergency landing. Flames engulfed the plane when the doors opened, killing half of the passengers.
BLIND LANDING – February 7 at 9.00 pm
On 6 August 1997, Korean Air Flight 801 crashed shortly before landing, killing over 200 people. A catalogue of errors by the pilot and airline caused the deaths.
By: Newcastle - 6th February 2007 at 17:46
yep – though it was a great show but again i would have liked to have seen the outside of the 747 -too many computer generated images. Seconds from disaster is good also.
James
By: Manston Airport - 6th February 2007 at 13:28
Yeah it was a good start to the series. I liked the BA one the best I wonder what those lights would off look like for real. And BA still use that flight number today British Airways Flight 009 to SYD. there only one tonight at 9 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Canada_Flight_797
James
By: MonkeyHugger - 6th February 2007 at 12:35
Was a good opening to the series 🙂
Of course, being an american orianted program the british seemed to keep saying “bloody hell bloody hell sod off sodding” 😉
The AF crash was really intresting to watch, seemed to have got all the detail in there 🙂
By: T5 - 6th February 2007 at 11:37
I remember seeing Captain Eric Moody being interviewed on Australian telly not long after the four engines out incident….he told the interviewer it was like navigating blindly up a Badgers a*rse
The crew of the 747 did a fantastic job.
This isn’t an incident that I remember having read anything about, so I was intrugued to find out what was the cause of the engines stopping like they did. But I was slightly disappointed with the ‘All Engines Failed’ programme as we didn’t see so much as a photo of the damaged aircraft, instead, we had to rely on computer graphics.
By: steve rowell - 6th February 2007 at 09:55
I remember seeing Captain Eric Moody being interviewed on Australian telly not long after the four engines out incident….he told the interviewer it was like navigating blindly up a Badgers a*rse
By: symon - 6th February 2007 at 09:11
It says ‘Flight 797,’ it doesn’t mention an aircraft type being a 797.
haha, so it does – sorry!
By: Manston Airport - 5th February 2007 at 18:07
I’m especially keen to see the A340 at Toronto.
Yeah so am I as it was only a week then we went to Canada That got mum worried 😀
James
By: T5 - 5th February 2007 at 16:05
Yeah I like these air crash programmes ever better the day befor eyour flying 😀 I also like Seconds From Disaster when they do it on aircraft. Is there only 4 episodes?
James
I’ve seen adverts on the television and on the radio. On the radio, they said there was an episode every night this week.
Mind you, you can’t go wrong with a double-bill tonight. I’m especially keen to see the A340 at Toronto.
By: David2386 - 5th February 2007 at 15:43
Wow! We get to see what the 797 looks like! :rolleyes:
I would watch it, if I was in the country 🙁
It says ‘Flight 797,’ it doesn’t mention an aircraft type being a 797.
By: symon - 5th February 2007 at 14:54
Wow! We get to see what the 797 looks like! :rolleyes:
I would watch it, if I was in the country 🙁
By: Manston Airport - 5th February 2007 at 12:24
Yeah I like these air crash programmes ever better the day befor eyour flying 😀 I also like Seconds From Disaster when they do it on aircraft. Is there only 4 episodes?
James
By: Future Pilot - 5th February 2007 at 11:12
Thanks for the reminder, certainly looking like an interesting series :).
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