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Mar 11th 2014 | 9:58 am

#436

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Re: Planespotting

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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

I do that. Pisses my wife off no end.

Mar 11th 2014 | 9:59 am

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Re: Planespotting

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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

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

Mar 11th 2014 | 10:01 am

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Re: Planespotting

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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.

Mar 11th 2014 | 10:02 am

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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.

Mar 11th 2014 | 10:03 am

#440

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Re: Planespotting

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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.

Mar 11th 2014 | 10:05 am

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Re: Planespotting

The 14th season is in production Lansbury - including AF447

Its made in Canada - so gets passed over a lot here.

Mar 11th 2014 | 10:07 am

#442

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Re: Planespotting

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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.

Mar 11th 2014 | 10:12 am

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Another of my ex's favorites, Seconds From Disaster

. 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

Mar 11th 2014 | 10:15 am

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Re: Planespotting

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...... 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.

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Mar 11th 2014 | 10:16 am

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Re: Planespotting

Really? SoD did Concorde (All dead) Crash at O'Hare (all dead) TWA 800 (All dead) El Al 1682 (All dead)

Mar 11th 2014 | 10:19 am

#446

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Re: Planespotting

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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.

Mar 11th 2014 | 10:19 am

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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.

Mar 11th 2014 | 10:20 am

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Re: Planespotting

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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

Take the 777 crash at LHR for example. No fatalities and worst injury, one guy suffered a broken leg.

Mar 11th 2014 | 10:23 am

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Re: Planespotting

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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.