Fatal Error - Taking Liberties - BBC Training DVD
£190.00
Recommended retail price: £195.00
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Stock reference: 54.028
£190.00
Recommended retail price: £195.00
Stock type: -
Stock reference: 54.028
In 1989 a British Midland plane crashed into the embankment of the M1 motorway near Kegworth in Leicestershire with the loss of 47 lives. 'Fatal Error - Taking Liberties' is a reconstruction of this tragedy with actors speaking the actual words from the cockpit voice recorder.
On 8th January 1989 118 passengers were on board shuttle flight 92 as it departed from London's Heathrow airport bound for Belfast. The plane was a new Boeing 737-400.
While climbing to a cruise altitude of 28,00 feet there was a loud noise and the aircraft began to vibrate. An engine caught on fire, causing smoke to enter the cabin area through the air conditioning system. The pilots followed the manual for a shut down drill but closed the good engine in error. They lost power and crash-landed at 110 mph on the motorway as they attempted to land at East Midlands airport.
The investigation which followed the Kegworth crash concluded that pilot error was the primary cause, but was it? Did the industry use the pilots as scapegoats in order to retain public confidence in the aircraft that it provides? This programme asks whether the real lessons of Kegworth have been learnt.
Statistics which may be of use to trainers:
- 58.1% of accidents in the period 1985 to 1994 were attributed to errors by the flight crew
- During the same period 13.7% of accidents were attributed to faults associated with the plane
- Maintenance faults caused approximately 33% of accidents in the same period
- Final approach and landing occupy approximately 4% of total flight time, yet accounts for about 50% of commercial airline crashes
- Investigations of crashes cite the flight crew as a primary causal factor in approximately 80% of instances
Duration 30 minutes.
Certificate UC
Released 1991
Contents - 1 x DVD
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