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The dramatic documentary follows an international team of scientists, experts and elite pilots as they deliberately crash land a 170-seat Boeing 727 passenger jet to provide a once-in-a-generation chance to study the mechanics of a plane crash in real time.

 

The documentary recreated a common type of crash - a serious, but survivable 'forced landing' - in order to study the crashworthiness of the aircraft's airframe and cabin, examine the impact of crashes on the human body, and look for possible means of increasing passenger survivability.​

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Directors Ben Lawrie, Richard Max 

Exec Producers Sanjay Singhal, Simon Dickson, Claire Wingate

Dragonfly Film and Television Productions

Channel 4/Discovery 90mins 2012

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Nominated for a Specialist Factual BAFTA TV Award  2013, an  RTS Award as well as two nominations at the Broadcast Awards 2014 for Best Documentary and Best Original Programme.

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Reviews

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The Times - "Genuinely spectacular"

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The Mail on Sunday  - “An investigative science

documentary of jaw-dropping vision and ambition”

 

The Guardian - " Compelling viewing"

 

The Sun -  “One of the most spectacular sights you will ever see on TV”

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Daily Telegraph “It’s extraordinary television – mesmerising and terrifying.  Strangely exciting too…” 

 

Observer - “Riveting”

 

The Mail on Sunday - ★ ★ ★ ★

 

Daily Express - ★ ★ ★ ★

 

TV Times - ★ ★ ★ ★