ON TV now channel 5 worlds scariest landings

[Stiletto 120]

ON TV now channel5 , 8-9pm thursday 12th jan

Already made typical jounalism errors by incorrectly identifying an Airbus A320 as a Boeing 737

Most of the stuff is on youtube.. but quite good to watch on a big tv

enjoy

[5711N0205W]

A 2 engined Concorde, what a load of

[djwebby]

You would think they would at least get aircraft types correct. The programme seems to have the wrong title also; what was scary about the Concorde landing?

[zetec2]

Scariest landings

Second error, Concorde at Leeds Bradford, quoted "the Captain opened up Concordes 2 engines whilst deciding if he could cope with the cross wind landing", perhaps the economy version ????? PH.

[Flightmech]

Should be renamed "Worlds Shi**est Programme". P-poor research. Corrie is on ITV. Probably a better watch

[Stiletto 120]

all crap journalism aside... it is nice to see some aviation stuff on terrestrial TV as normally you require paid for tv with Discovery etc


maybe watch with the sound off..

and I had never seen that AF concorde piece before so worth an hour of my life I'm thinking

right, back to the third segment apres commercials

[yates]

At least Despatches makes an effort to be reasonably factual and not over dramatise.

This is melodramatic , albeit mildly entertaining.

The Cessna 310 was forced to ditch 10 miles short of destination, fortunately it was being shadowed by a Charlie 130 Hercules Helicopter.

Fortunately, a proper SAR helicopter was also in the vicinity to fish the bedraggled pilot from the water.

[djwebby]

Always a joy to see those St Maarten Arrivals.

[zetec2]

Bird Strike

Bird strike with an 800 thousand horse power engine WTF ??????? PH.

[Doors to Automatic]

Programme technicalities aside that LH A320 landing still scares the sh*t out of me everytime I see it!

[Stiletto 120]

not bad all in all

but no mention of BA 38

I guess there was no footage of the landing caught on video

those guys were heros like Sully too!

[Piltdown Man]

The very worst of TV Journalism

Channel 5, 20:00-21:00 12 January 2012

Would it be possible to make a TV programme worse than "World's Scariest Plan Landings"? Given 20/20 hindsight the producers of this rubbish have managed to ignore the facts, fail to listen to the experts (who really did know their stuff), fail to check and re-confirm technical information and in general, over sensationalise events which were in general well handled by the participants.

The events shown were: JetBlue 292, TNT 737 @ EGNX & EGBB, AF Concorde @ EGNM, LH A320 @ EDDH, C310 with fuel exhaustion ditching and some idiots in a twin @ St. Barts, LOT 767 @ EPWA, Lightning strike of A380 @ EGLL, Thomson 757 @ EGCC and finally Chesley's Hudson Glider.

Does anybody know of a worse TV programme? Is it possible to make one?

[Mr @ Spotty M]

What about saying the B737 can not dump fuel, when you are on-board the Jetblue A320.

[reynoldsno1]

Generally speaking then, it would seem best to avoid landing in Europe ....

[hobbit1983]

Those "C-130 helicopters" in use by the Hawaii Coastguard must be a bitch to hover.

[172driver]

Look guys, no journo will ever let the facts get in the way of a good story

[Artie Fufkin]

Early suspicions about this program started when they described the "Jet Blue B737" that landed at LAX with nose gear problems.

[MATELO]

The title was the "the 10 scariest landings caught on film".... and tbh, you have to agree, as a passenger (and aircrew) they would have be pretty damn scary.

(Unless landing wheels up and belly flopping in a 767 is an everyday occurrence to you of course)

[HEATHROW DIRECTOR]

Two types of garbage in this world - the stuff you throw in the trash can and the stuff that comes from journos...

[Capetonian]

Agreed, utter crap, very poor usage of some good footage.

On a happier note, have any of you been watching Earthflight on BBC1 - stunning?