777ER From New Zealand, joined Dec 2003, 11308 posts, RR: 17 Posted (8 years 3 months 2 weeks 4 days 8 hours ago) and read 1315 times:
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Just watched the first screening in New Zealand of 'Lost'. For the whole two hours of watching it, I was wondering what aircraft is that. Does anyone know what aircraft it was?
NZ747 From New Zealand, joined Dec 2004, 958 posts, RR: 4 Reply 1, posted (8 years 3 months 2 weeks 4 days 8 hours ago) and read 1286 times:
I was wondering about that myself. At first I thought it was a 747, as when they got to the front of the fuselage in the jungle, it looked like it had a slight hump, but in the 'inside scene' the flight deck was on the same level as the passenger deck. I think it may be a Tristar, and it is easy to get one from the scrap yard.
Aerorobnz From Rwanda, joined Feb 2001, 6325 posts, RR: 14 Reply 2, posted (8 years 3 months 2 weeks 4 days 8 hours ago) and read 1285 times:
It was either a Tristar or DC10 I think. I thought it was a DC10 for some reason. In actual fact i think it was a hodgepodge of spare parts from a whole lot of aircraft.
NZ747 From New Zealand, joined Dec 2004, 958 posts, RR: 4 Reply 3, posted (8 years 3 months 2 weeks 4 days 7 hours ago) and read 1280 times:
Actually Rob, I think you may be right it did look more like a DC10. During the start when Jack asked the fat guy to stay with the pregnant woman. Then saw that the tail was going to fall, so quickly ran over to get them to run. The falling tail did look more of that from a DC10. It didn't have the bulk that the Tristar has.
777ER From New Zealand, joined Dec 2003, 11308 posts, RR: 17 Reply 4, posted (8 years 3 months 2 weeks 4 days 7 hours ago) and read 1273 times:
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I don't think it was the tail because while in the air the rear fuslage was ripped off. It must have been the wing that fell cause the engine blew up after
If you're interested, there's also some pictures and info on how the aircraft was scrapped and shipped out to Hawaii for the filming at http://www.mojavebooks.com/mhv/040922-1.html
CoRocks From United States of America, joined Feb 2001, 1199 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (8 years 3 months 2 weeks 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 1214 times:
Does anybody know what kind of access there is to the filming location? I Know that it is on the North Shore of Oahu. Can you go out there, or is it blocked off and you can't even see it.
I will be out there next month and was kind of curious.
ClassicLover From Ireland, joined Mar 2004, 4522 posts, RR: 26 Reply 14, posted (8 years 3 months 2 weeks 12 hours ago) and read 1068 times:
Well, the engines on N736PA were running at the time that the KLM plane hit them. The pilots couldn't shut them off because the entire roof (where the cut off switches are) was removed from the cabin.
I was reading an account of it (I think from Dorothy Kelly) and they had to move people away from the engines as they were still running. As they were laying on the ground, the cowlings were distorted and they began to throw out bits of metal and catch fire.
Pretty similar to what happened in Lost.
So yes, it can happen, and has happened - though in the Lost case, considering the plane fell from a great height, it shouldn't have been possible.
Trent.
I do quite enjoy a spot of flying - more so when it's not in Economy!
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