I don't know how many of you watch the Smithsonian Channel's series "Air Disasters." But the season premiere is Sunday, September 8th, at 8PM ET. If you frequent this forum, then you should love this program, which is a high-budget, science-based dissection of precisely what caused various aircraft accidents, both recent and historical. Each week focuses on a different tragedy. The show is of high production value and, in my view, is absolutely riveting. You might give the show a chance if you've never seen it before. This week's episode is called "Deadly Descent."

https://www.smithsonianchannel.com/shows/air-disasters/deadly-descent/802/3474732

     

Edited August 27, 20196 yr by David Mills
Air time was rescheduled by Smithsonian Channel

Good show. I binge watch right before my flight.

1 minute ago, Twenty6 said:

Good show. I binge watch right before my flight.

I think it's one of the best shows on television. I never heard of the show until last year. It's starting its 13th season. So all the reruns are first-run episodes to me!

Main reason I have the Smithsonian Channel. Funny how a few episodes I've watched and realized I've made similar mistakes in the sim because of complacency or going through a check list without really looking.

Like the MD80 crash when the crew called take off flaps set but didn't set them costing many lives. No resets in real world tragedy's.

Edited August 28, 20196 yr by PATCO LCH

It's a great show but takes some liberties with the truth. If a plane is flying east to west they say it was flying at flight level 350. If the aircraft they are speaking about is a B737 they will show a A320 etc. If they say the aircraft was landing on runway 12 the video will be a aircraft landing on another runway like 30 etc. I watch it all time just wish they would check these small items.

Isn't this Mayday - Air Crash Investigation? Or are they two different shows?

6 hours ago, threegreen said:

Isn't this Mayday - Air Crash Investigation? Or are they two different shows?

They're two different shows.

55 minutes ago, David Mills said:

They're two different shows.

Would you say one is better than the other?

Edited August 28, 20196 yr by threegreen

I believe there was also a similar show called Terror In The Skies.

Love Air Disasters.  But after I'd watched only two or three episodes, I booked a KLM flight to Amsterdam (my first overseas flight).  I was told that I would be flying on a 747 (Combi version) and then I recalled a fire incident on the same type of plane in the first episode of Air Disasters that I had watched.  Made me think twice about booking, but then I remembered that the incident was back in the 70s or 80s and that they described the preventative changes made to the aircraft since that accident.  Also, I didn't remember any other stories after that incident involving a fire....so I went ahead and booked.

Jeff

On 8/28/2019 at 5:14 AM, Vineguy said:

It's a great show but takes some liberties with the truth. If a plane is flying east to west they say it was flying at flight level 350. If the aircraft they are speaking about is a B737 they will show a A320 etc. If they say the aircraft was landing on runway 12 the video will be a aircraft landing on another runway like 30 etc. I watch it all time just wish they would check these small items.

Could be worse. How about the narrator from Curse of Oak Island,

"Flying?......at 35,000 feet??? Did the pilot just take a broad generalization and bend it into absolute fact?.....all before the first commercial?"

1 hour ago, Twenty6 said:

Could be worse. How about the narrator from Curse of Oak Island,

"Flying?......at 35,000 feet??? Did the pilot just take a broad generalization and bend it into absolute fact?.....all before the first commercial?"

East to West should be even number flight levels.