01 Jan 1973
Red One to London
The programme charts a BEA Trident 1C from AMS to LHR
Air Disasters
Air Disasters exposes some painful truths behind the world of flight, using actual footage of real incidents to look at why planes crash; in aerodynamic and technical terms and in the way the industry is run.
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Michael Smee Voice Over Artist
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