The Plane Crash

johnny6 said:
Interesting program.

I wonder why the front wheel assembly isn't designed to break off during impact like the rear wheels. Surely by doing so it would reduce the chance of the front of the plane being ripped off, as the front assembly wouldn't act like a land anchor.
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I am guessing that the principle reason, is that the load forces in the nose wheel assembly are that much higher, which could well result in failure during routine landings, this in turn is much more dangerous than a rigid structure..

Not to mention, the only reason that the nose section was sheared off the way it was, was because the crash took place on relatively soft ground, which allowed the nose gear to dig in, causing the buckling that was seen prior to it being torn away, in most 'normal' cases, this would be a lot less likely to happen.
 
will watch it over the weekend on catchup.
sad end to a 727 i used to work on them in the 90's till we couldn't use them in Europe at night anymore as there to loud
 
Just watching this now, lmao at the starred out swearing in the subtitle but no bleep on the voice :)
 
Was quite interesting, but I think more focus on the aftermath would have been nice... Was very much build up focussed I felt. I mean in 90 minutes I think it was only half an hour of crash analysis....

kd
 
Have to agree, it was very long in the build up and lacking in the actual results, could have been watching an episode of Lost.
 
Also agree: it was loads and loads about how dangerous it was (not particularly), how difficult it was (mostly their own fault) etc for about an hour, followed by twenty minutes of crash analysis. Which told us little that wasn't known already. A good opportunity wasted.
 
Yeah the findings where a bit short, but then it's channel 4, could. Of done with a second episode of them sat around a table with pretty graphs and discussing what could be improved and looking at and. Testing say different seats or whatever.

But then lots of people wouldn't find that part of it interesting.
Still aircraft confidential is on every weekday at 4pm :)
 
Meridian said:
Also agree: it was loads and loads about how dangerous it was (not particularly), how difficult it was (mostly their own fault) etc for about an hour, followed by twenty minutes of crash analysis. Which told us little that wasn't known already. A good opportunity wasted.
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Pretty much near the mark.

What made it extra annoying was after every advert break 'whats happening is' 'the team are going to crash a plane' ' they have just crashed...' I mean come on, who tunes into the last 20 minutes of a 1 hour plus program called 'Plane Crash' and wonders what it is about, but then that's modern TV for you.

And them trying to pretend their zooming in and out CGI was as if it was done by a mouse CAD style? It was just a video they were playing on a click wheel?

whole thing = meh
 
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