Ultimate Airport Dubai - National Geographic Channel

[Hadley Rille]

S2 Ep3 shows the ground crew starting an Emirates 777 with an inop APU.
Narrator: "Luckily you can jump start a plane using an air starter truck."
The ground engineer provides a sensible overview of how this is done. The narrator then takes over and fills in the details.
"Hoses pump high pressure air into one of the engine's cylinders, forcing a piston downward. As the engine starts to turn fuel is injected into the cylinders, the engine is then up and running and the air is cut off."
Brilliant.

[TOWTEAMBASE]

They must be confusing it for ice pilots and their old piston donks :)

[barry lloyd]

Brilliant. So long as you've got a decent set of ear defenders to hand...:)

[RobShan]

This show is entertainment, they make it sound like towing an aircraft from the terminal to maintenance like a unusual risky operation.

[crewmeal]

In my view it's brilliant series spoilt by inaccuracies by the narrator (who I'm sure is handed a script) and that awful dramatic 'music'.

[SpringHeeledJack]

This show is entertainment, they make it sound like towing an aircraft from the terminal to maintenance like a unusual risky operation.

Well…there are more than a few wing tip collisions around the world at various airports every year, so although a trip to the maintenance is an everyday occurrence, it's not without risk and if the tow team get it wrong…..



SHJ

[InSeat19c]

An enjoyable, interesting series but every time I watch an episode I tend to come away with the same feeling - that airport is far too busy!