"Mayday" on TV1 Tonight

[ardypilot]

At 8.30pm tonight on TV1, there is a aviation documentary called "Investigation: Mayday- Hanging By A Thread" about the infamous Hawaiian airliner that got it's roof ripped off in midflight

Should make some interesting viewing, especially if they recreate what happened!

[Zöltuger]

it looks to me like the same air crash investigation episode which screens on national geographic. if it is, they do some re-enactment.

it's a good episode tho, so if you haven't seen it then it's definately worth watching.

[Alex]

Saw it on Saturday evening, and yes it is the same as the National Geographic programme called 'Air Crash Investigation'. When it was first launched it was called 'Mayday'.

Good to watch though.

Alex

[brownbox]

ive seen that many many times on nat geographic
very sad thing to happen indeed

[ronindanbo]

not really, only loosing one person when half your friggen boeing falls apart in mid air is more a miracle than sad in my books, man they built the 732 to last, still very sad about the one flight attendant tho.

[Zöltuger]

only loosing one person when half your friggen boeing falls apart in mid air is more a miracle than sad in my books, man they built the 732 to last, still very sad about the one flight attendant tho.

it was also a miracle that the aircraft didn't explode sooner, considering the punishment it went through with the high number of cycles and salt air.
as for the stewardess, it's pretty shocking to think that maybe she caused the aircraft roof to explode if she 'plugged the hole'. a very scary thought indeed

[ardypilot]

That made for some very interesting watching!

It's a miracle that the infamous winds of Maui died down as it made its approach, and that the landing gear locked down, and that one one person died, and that the 732 didn't fall apart, and that they maintained radio contact, and that nothing exploded on landing!!!

[AlisterC]

They hyped it up in true American fashion regarding the winds that died off just as they were approaching. Had the wind been blowing the true airspeed of the aircraft could have been slower, and thus maybe an even safer lander would have been possible.
But, aside that, it was a very interesting show, and my hat goes off to the Captain who managed to get that plane down! I guess they were lucky they weren't higher than F240.

[SUBS17]

Thing that amazed me was the air crew asking if anyone knew how to fly the aircraft.

[ardypilot]

Tonights episode was impressive!

It recreated British Airways Flight 5390, where the pilot got sucked out the cockpit window, and his crew held his legs in while the copilot made an emergency landing in thier BAC One-Eleven at Southampton Airport, where the runway isn't even long enough to handle that sort of aircraft!

TV1 don't seem to be playing the episodes in any particular order though, as this week was Season 2 Episode 2, last weeks was Season 3 Episode 3 and next week, Season 3 Episode 12 is scheduled to screen...!

[creator2003]

yup i managed to see it all ended up being the worker that replaced the screws in the screen with 200mm or something instead of 210mm screws ,they way that guy landing must of felt by the time he got down im surprize he didnt back out ,,oh and the guy hanging out the window well i wouldnt try that at 25,000 feet and a 22 minute landing WoW short finals

[Zöltuger]

yeah, pretty scary to think that bolts that were a fraction too small nearly caused the death of the pilot. i think it highlights the pressure that ground crews are under to get aircraft away on time

i was watching air crash on nat geo tonight- it was about a helicopter which went down in the north sea. apparantly carbon fibre rotors aren't able to withstand the same lightning forces as the older fibreglass rotors. it seems to imply that carbon fibre based aircraft (read: A380, 787) could potentially be brought down by lightning more easily than if they were all aluminium.

[ardypilot]

Hmph! They have stopped playing the series on TV1... I hope it is just a break for the holidays and it will return again soon