| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (1 hr. 12 min. 18 sec.) ; 435423707 bytes |
| Summary |
This dramatic documentary follows an international team of scientists, experts and elite pilots as they deliberately crash land a 170-seat Boeing 727 passenger jet to provide a once-in-a-generation chance to study the mechanics of a plane crash in real time.The program recreates a common type of crash - a serious, but survivable 'forced landing' - in order to study the crashworthiness of the aircraft's airframe and cabin, examine the impact of crashes on the human body, and look for possible means of increasing passenger survivability.Putting their lives on the line, captain James Slocum and the rest of the crew aim to parachute from the plane just minutes before impact, after setting it on a crash course. Flying at 230 km/h, and descending at 500 metres per minute, the aircraft will crash land nose down in a remote and uninhabited area of Mexican desert.Rather than carrying passengers, the plane is packed with state-of-the-art research equipment, including three crash test dummies worth $150,000 each and accelerometers to measure the G forces.After the crash, experts will analyse the site, along with data collected from cameras, instruments and hi- tech crash test dummies, to learn more about what happens when aeroplanes are forced out of the sky. (From the UK) (Documentary) PG CC Follow the conversation on Twitter #SBSdoco |
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Broadcast 2013-06-10 at 19:30:00 |
| Notes |
Classification: PG |
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Aeronautics -- Safety measures.
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Aircraft accident victims.
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Airplanes -- Crash tests.
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Airplanes -- Crashworthiness.
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Boeing 727 (Jet transports)
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Airplane crash survival.
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Massachusetts -- Boston.
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Streaming video
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Lawrie, Ben, director
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Senter, Ryan, director
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Graves, Rupert, cast
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