The Plane Crash

dw300

Anyone planning on watching this? Channel 4 at 9pm tonight.

nickellis

Thanks for the heads up. Just Sky+ed it.

Cleat Eastwood

I wanna sit by him in seat 7b - he seems uninjured - he must have the luck of the irish

lemon63

Did they recommend the best bike bag/box to use in case of a crash ?

dw300

Cleat Eastwood wrote:

I wanna sit by him in seat 7b - he seems uninjured - he must have the luck of the irish

Was 7A the one found 120 metres from the plane?

Also, another fantastic advert for Italian engineering .. the 'Ferrari of the sky' that broke down! Just like their cars and motorbikes then. That rep is exactly why i'll never buy an Italian bike, even though they're probably fine!

dw300

nickellis wrote:

Thanks for the heads up. Just Sky+ed it.

No probs. I don't think it'll ruin it for you to tell you that they don't crash it till what seemed like 45m - 1hr into the program.

Silly Old Hector

Was kind of compulsive after a while - didn't learn anything new though (I did the BA flight safety course in May this year )

Frank the tank

Sit at the back, a plane has never reversed into a mountain yet.

dw300

Is it true all military aircraft have the seats facing the back, as this is much safer?

Hoopdriver

dw300 wrote:

Is it true all military aircraft have the seats facing the back, as this is much safer?

All the ones I have ever flown on had paratrooper seating

fish156

Frank the tank wrote:

Sit at the back, a plane has never reversed into a mountain yet.

Must be safest at the back - that's where they put the Flight Data Recorders (Black Boxes).

dw300

fish156 wrote:

Frank the tank wrote:

Sit at the back, a plane has never reversed into a mountain yet.

Must be safest at the back - that's where they put the Flight Data Recorders (Black Boxes).

That's further back than the cabin though, presumably near to where the tail joins the fuselage, a structurally strong area. The rear cabin is usually where the plane will split in the event of a tail landing. I think the strongest part of the cabin is over the wings, for obvious reasons. I'd thought, assuming you survive the G forces, that you have the best chance of being inside the plane after a crash if you're in the middle.

t.m.h.n.e.t

Over the wings is a place you wouldn't want to be if fire broke out though

MichaelW

But if you land on water the wings are best. Burn, break or drown: decisions, decisions. The legroom clinches it for me, I alway go for the wing emergency exit seat.

baldwin471

Frank the tank wrote:

Sit at the back, a plane has never reversed into a mountain yet.

Nope, but not many crashes go noes first into the ground remember. Hardly any in fact. There is nowhere safer than anywhere else on an aircraft, because you don't know how it's going to crash you can't pre-empt where is best to sit.

t.m.h.n.e.t

MichaelW wrote:

But if you land on water the wings are best. Burn, break or drown: decisions, decisions. The legroom clinches it for me, I alway go for the wing emergency exit seat.

I'll take the boat instead

Davdandy

Better to sit up front and get it over with