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lansbury Mar 11th 2014 9:58 am
Re: Planespotting
 
Originally Posted by markonline1 (Post 11168592)
Used to enjoy watching Air Craft Investigation too on Nat Geo, especially just before a flight. My ex, as a nervous flyer used to go mad when I stuck it on :lol:
I do that. Pisses my wife off no end. :rofl:

civilservant Mar 11th 2014 9:59 am
Re: Planespotting
 
Originally Posted by markonline1 (Post 11168592)
Yeah, would be a cool job. One of the vest lectures I had training for my old job was from an AAIB guy. Was also interesting to see them go about their work in the aftermath of the LHR 777 crash. Used to enjoy watching Air Craft Investigation too on Nat Geo, especially just before a flight. My ex, as a nervous flyer used to go mad when I stuck it on :lol:
I got the wife into ACI - which has come in handy with the SFO crash and this one. She can now carry a conversation on air accidents :)

markonline1 Mar 11th 2014 10:01 am
Re: Planespotting
 
Originally Posted by civilservant (Post 11168602)
I got the wife into ACI - which has come in handy with the SFO crash and this one. She can now carry a conversation on air accidents :)
Is it shown over here? I've never actually seen it in the listings. Seemed to be on almost daily back home.

civilservant Mar 11th 2014 10:02 am
Re: Planespotting
 
I have them all on a hard drive - I 'aquired' them last year ;)

There are a few episodes on Netflix and sometime on Discovery - its call 'Air Disasters' here.

lansbury Mar 11th 2014 10:03 am
Re: Planespotting
 
Originally Posted by markonline1 (Post 11168603)
Is it shown over here? I've never actually seen it in the listings. Seemed to be on almost daily back home.
It is but now seems mainly to be about old crashes. I guess the good thing about the safety of modern airliners and nav systems is bad for TV show producers, as it reduces the incidents they can make programs about.

Fortunately. :thumbsup:

civilservant Mar 11th 2014 10:05 am
Re: Planespotting
 
The 14th season is in production Lansbury - including AF447 ;) Its made in Canada - so gets passed over a lot here.

lansbury Mar 11th 2014 10:07 am
Re: Planespotting
 
Originally Posted by civilservant (Post 11168606)
The 14th season is in production Lansbury - including AF447 ;) Its made in Canada - so gets passed over a lot here.
Thanks I'll let the wife know, she will be so pleased. :rofl:

markonline1 Mar 11th 2014 10:12 am
Re: Planespotting
 
Another of my ex's favorites, Seconds From Disaster :lol:. Actually most of the air accidents there resulted in survivors. I used or tell her that even if your plane crashes, the chances of you being killed are remote. I remember sitting in a bar at LAX waiting for our flight home whilst we watched the live coverage of the JetBlue with the damaged nosegear circle overhead before attempting its landing. I had to virtually drag her onto the plane after that :lol:

Pulaski Mar 11th 2014 10:15 am
Re: Planespotting
 
Originally Posted by markonline1 (Post 11168618)
...... Actually most of the air accidents there resulted in survivors. I used to tell her that even if your plane crashes, the chances of you being killed are remote. ....
Unless you crash at SFO, in which case the emergency crews may drive over you. :rolleyes:

civilservant Mar 11th 2014 10:16 am
Re: Planespotting
 
Really? SoD did Concorde (All dead) Crash at O'Hare (all dead) TWA 800 (All dead) El Al 1682 (All dead)

:)

Pulaski Mar 11th 2014 10:19 am
Re: Planespotting
 
Originally Posted by civilservant (Post 11168628)
Really? SoD did Concorde (All dead) Crash at O'Hare (all dead) TWA 800 (All dead) El Al 1682 (All dead) .....
Until Asiana 214 I heard there hadn't been a fatality in the US on a commercial jet in over ten years.

lansbury Mar 11th 2014 10:19 am
Re: Planespotting
 
If you're dead it was a crash. If you survive it was a landing. Any landing you walk away from is a good one.

markonline1 Mar 11th 2014 10:20 am
Re: Planespotting
 
Originally Posted by civilservant (Post 11168628)
Really? SoD did Concorde (All dead) Crash at O'Hare (all dead) TWA 800 (All dead) El Al 1682 (All dead)

:)
That's 4 out of how many :rofl:
Take the 777 crash at LHR for example. No fatalities and worst injury, one guy suffered a broken leg.

civilservant Mar 11th 2014 10:23 am
Re: Planespotting
 
Originally Posted by Pulaski (Post 11168632)
Until Asiana 214 I heard there hadn't been a fatality in the US on a commercial jet in over ten years.
Jet yes, but Colgan Air 3407 crashed in 2009 with the loss of 49 lives (Q400 turboprop) - hardly insignificant.

Also Comair 5191 in 2006 was a jet - the first officer survived, 40-odd others didn't.

Pulaski Mar 11th 2014 10:23 am
Re: Planespotting
 
Originally Posted by lansbury (Post 11168633)
If you're dead it was a crash. If you survive it was a landing. Any landing you walk away from is a good one.
And after a great one, you can use the aircraft again. :nod:


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