A very interesting documentary and well shot too. It seemed to concentrate on the problems caused by non or poor use of English as the main international language of pilots and ATC workers.
The confusion caused at CDG by the ATC and Air France’s pilots refusal to speak anything other than French to each other was a case in point. I also found the dramatic reconstruction of the 1986 Saudi collision over India extremely graphic and thought provoking, another case of an accident caused by poor understanding of English by the crew of one of the aircraft.
They seemed to make good use of FS2002 graphics for the ‘out the window’ shots during the story of the UK propliner that had to take evasive action on the east coast to avoid an RAF fighter approaching at speed.
The human interest and “science bit” mix was just about right as well. Overall an interesting programme with some great aircraft shots and photography. Wish they’d asked me to film it ! 🙂
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