aircrash investigation
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Yes I do like this kind of thing too, it is fascinating how they gather all the clues to establish what went wrong and why.
The first couple of seasons were the best imo as they had proper cockpit and cabin mockups for the aircraft involved, later ones used a generic mockup that stayed the same regardless of what aircraft crashed. A small thing perhaps but it annoyed me never the less!
The first couple of seasons were the best imo as they had proper cockpit and cabin mockups for the aircraft involved, later ones used a generic mockup that stayed the same regardless of what aircraft crashed. A small thing perhaps but it annoyed me never the less!
RDE said:
Search for Black Box on YouTube - a Channel 4 series from the nineties. That's how to make a documentary.
(To make your searches easier, the episodes were called Deadly Weather, A Wing and a Prayer, Crash Detectives, Blaming the Pilot and Sky Crime.)
I remember watching this when it was on. A very good series, well worth a look if you can find it.(To make your searches easier, the episodes were called Deadly Weather, A Wing and a Prayer, Crash Detectives, Blaming the Pilot and Sky Crime.)
-crookedtail- said:
Yes I do like this kind of thing too, it is fascinating how they gather all the clues to establish what went wrong and why.
The first couple of seasons were the best imo as they had proper cockpit and cabin mockups for the aircraft involved, later ones used a generic mockup that stayed the same regardless of what aircraft crashed. A small thing perhaps but it annoyed me never the less!
I wonder if they have issues getting acess to flight sims and real cockpits since airlines operate a locked door policy?The first couple of seasons were the best imo as they had proper cockpit and cabin mockups for the aircraft involved, later ones used a generic mockup that stayed the same regardless of what aircraft crashed. A small thing perhaps but it annoyed me never the less!
sadly there seems plenty of crashes going on at the moment so I suspect the programme will be around for a few more series. I am hoping the cover af447
thatone1967 said:
528Sport said:
I am hoping the cover af447
I wonder if we will ever find out what happened to that flight...For example why have they not searched for the jet in it's lask known position? Instead they seem to be using computer models to work out where it "could" be, seeing as 3 attempts have failed the models don't seem to work well. One of the topic contributors on PPRUE has also asked this. here is the topic http://www.pprune.org/tech-log/395105-af-447-searc...
The french have a habbit of covering up issues only got to look at the concorde story. Why did they deny brittish investigators the right to look at the crashed Concorde?
My opinion and hopefully I am wrong and the recorders will be found with usable data.
Edited by 528Sport on Tuesday 14th September 16:07
RDE said:
Search for Black Box on YouTube - a Channel 4 series from the nineties. That's how to make a documentary.
Or buy this book by the same bloke.It's a fantastic read.
Another good book/series to get hold of is Mayday - full of accidents at sea. I remember reading about the Flare, a bulk carrier heading across the Atlantic to Canada (I think). It got caught in a storm and snapped in two. Some of the men made it up on the deck and seen a bow of a ship heading towards them and thought they were saved, it was only when it came closer that they realised it was the front of their own ship.
The bow floated about in the atlantic for a few days before sinking, the stern section sank almost immediately. Most of the crew, from memory, didn't make it.
The bow floated about in the atlantic for a few days before sinking, the stern section sank almost immediately. Most of the crew, from memory, didn't make it.
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