LGWGate49 From Sudan, joined Nov 2009, 118 posts, RR: 0 Posted (3 years 3 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 15059 times:
BBC2 in the UK is showing an hour long investigation into AF447 on Sunday at 10pm UK time. It's called 'Lost, The Mystery of Flight 447'.
In the meantime there is a report today in the Daily Mail. Never my preferred read, I'm not sure how many of it's theories have been covered in the topics on this forum already.
Arsenal@LHR From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2001, 7791 posts, RR: 22 Reply 2, posted (3 years 3 weeks 10 hours ago) and read 14275 times:
I'll definitely watch it, something interesting to watch rather than the usual dross. Will be interesting to see what issues the programme will focus on as we hardly know anything about AF 447 other than the pitot tube problem.
Quoting yanqui67 (Reply 1): Does anybody know if tis will be shown in the US television? I would love to watch this.
As it's on the BBC you might want to check the BBC world listings just incase.
DL747400 From United States of America, joined Sep 2008, 195 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (3 years 3 weeks 2 hours ago) and read 11511 times:
I too would love to see this show if it comes on BBC America or another American TV station or network. If anyone sees that is is scheduled to air here in the USA, please post details/dates here!
ComeAndGo From United States of America, joined Mar 2005, 950 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (3 years 2 weeks 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 10707 times:
BBC has a video player called the iPlayer or something like it. If you go to their website you should be able to find it. You can watch all BBC programing up to one week old via video stream on the web.
stealthz From Australia, joined Feb 2005, 5448 posts, RR: 48 Reply 8, posted (3 years 2 weeks 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 10694 times:
For those of us in the antipodes, well Australia anyway it is on the Nine Network 1/6/10 at 21:40, in the Eastern states at least so as they always say.."check your local guides"
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LHR380 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 11, posted (3 years 2 weeks 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 10545 times:
From the BBC
Quote: BBC iPlayer is our service that lets you catch up with radio and television programmes from the past week.
If you are in the UK and connected to the internet you can:
Find and play programmes from the past seven days and watch them on the website through Click to Play (streaming). This works on Windows, Macs, Linux, Nintendo Wii and iPhones - and we're working on more ways.
Download and stream HD programmes.
Access BBC iPlayer on certain mobile phones.
Download programmes onto your computer, if it supports BBC iPlayer Desktop.
If you are outside the UK and connected to the internet you can:
Listen live and listen again to most of our radio programmes
So it looks like you will have to wait till it comes onto BBC America Im afraid.
kaitak From Ireland, joined Aug 1999, 11996 posts, RR: 36 Reply 15, posted (3 years 2 weeks 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 9401 times:
It's very good; in all fairness, it is a very professional presentation - no hyperbolic, sensationalist BS ... technical terms well explained (such as super-cooled ice crystals and their effect on metal, as I'm just watching). A worthy effort and one of which I hope producers of future examinations into air crashes will take note (I know the NG ones are very good, but there are others which can be sensationalist and over-dramatic).
They're now discussing the effect of super-cooled ice droplets on the A330's pitot tubes. My question is (and hopefully it will be answered): would the new pitot tube design have fared any better?
Arsenal@LHR From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2001, 7791 posts, RR: 22 Reply 19, posted (3 years 2 weeks 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 8853 times:
It was a fantastic documentary, much better than i thought it would be, just the known or possible facts and scenarios were discussed. I just wished they would expand a little bit more on why and how the pilots ended up in a fierce thunderstorm.
LHRspotter From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2006, 182 posts, RR: 0 Reply 20, posted (3 years 2 weeks 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 8666 times:
It's interesting how they didn't mention some quite certain facts but still alluded to them in the film. It is widely believed that the captain was taking his break at the time of the event and they used quite a young actor for the role of pilot flying which would be consistent with the F/O being in the left seat - he was 32 years old.
anshuk From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2009, 480 posts, RR: 0 Reply 22, posted (3 years 2 weeks 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 8453 times:
Quoting LHRspotter (Reply 20): . It is widely believed that the captain was taking his break at the time of the event and they used quite a young actor for the role of pilot flying which would be consistent with the F/O being in the left seat - he was 32 years old.
If you noticed, the man in the left seat had only three stripes. It might have been a mistake, but since you brought this point up, just thought I'd mention it
Excellent documentary, glad to see that they stressed upon the fact that nothing can be said for certain until unless the black boxes and CVR's are found. Good job, BBC.
Group51 From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2007, 83 posts, RR: 0 Reply 24, posted (3 years 2 weeks 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 7531 times:
It was like watching a tv-adaption of the threads we've had here on Airliners.net. I loved it. I was particularly pleased that the American didn't compromise his point by saying the B-word. Very well done BBC, and to be honest, slightly unsettling!
In fact, I was thinking, if the air speed indicator fails, would GPS be any use as a worst-case back-up?
26 Pihero: Thanks for the link, BG777. A program that's generally of a better quality that a few I've seen ( the Dicchan series, for instance ) but it couldn't h
27 Aesma: Thanks for the link BG777300ER. I'm nitpicking but the 3D aircraft they used has a mix of old and new AF livery, I doubt F-GZCP was half painted. I ne
29 trystero: Thank you for the link and the coments.[Edited 2010-06-01 15:37:01]
30 loalq: Many thanks for the link, no iplayer here or any upload to youtube yet... One issue came to my mind: I got the impression that the documentary somehow
31 Eagleboy: Really liked this docu, enjoyed being the wrong word. Very calm and clear, as stated above, no dramatics or hyberbole. True. They clearly explained t
32 Kaiarahi: GPS gives you ground-speed, not air-speed.
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