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"Crowded Skies
Sun 17 Aug, 9:00 pm - 10:00 pm 60mins
Made by the company behind the 2001 Emmy-nominated 'Challenger: Go For Launch', this major documentary series looks at the most terrifying air collisions and near misses of the past - and explores how we can avoid these catastrophes in the future.
In the wake of the tragic mid-air collision over Switzerland last year, the series takes a detailed look at the world's air traffic control system, looking at the people and technology responsible for handling some 5 million air passengers every day.
Through detailed examination of disastrous air collisions, the series asks whether the lessons of the past have been learnt and how, with a system already running at full capacity, the industry will cope with the expected doubling of air traffic by 2020.
The Blame Game
Last summer the unthinkable happened when two modern airliners collided 35 thousand feet above Switzerland. This accident sent shock waves throughout the industry, not least because of the resulting 71 deaths - including a party of Russian schoolchildren making their first trip abroad having won an essay writing competition to win a holiday in Spain.
With moving testimony from the families who lost their children in the crash, along with accident investigators and colleagues of the Zurich air traffic controller who was blamed by many for the accident, this programme forensically examines exactly what happened that night. Mid air collisions are very rare, but near misses are not uncommon over British skies and the programme goes on to ask if a Lake Constance collision could happen over here.
Stereo Widescreen"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/listings...0_4224_1228_60
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