New TV show to destroy passenger jet

Pleo

A passenger jet will be crashed at high speed in the desert as part of a new Channel 4 programme next year.
The plane will be destroyed in a bid to gain an unprecedented insight into safety issues for the new documentary Plane Crash.
The two pilots will parachute from the airliner, which will be loaded with cameras and sensors, after setting it on autopilot to crash.
Julian Bellamy, head of Channel 4, said: "It is an extraordinary idea and only Channel 4 would be brave enough to do it. Not even aircraft manufacturers have crashed something this big."
The show's producer Geoff Deehan added: "As well as making spectacular television, we hope Plane Crash will be one of the most useful experiments in the history of aviation.
"It will give us unprecedented answers to the big question: how can we make air crashes more survivable?"
The idea for the programme came after the crash of a British Airways Boeing 777 at Heathrow airport last year.
Channel 4 have not revealed exactly where the crash will be taking place or how much it is costing.
The channel's other new shows next year include Blitz Street, in which a row of 1940s terraced houses will be recreated and then subjected to a range of high explosives.
Will you be tuning in to either show? Do you think it is money well spent? Let us know your thoughts...


http://uk.tv.yahoo.com/blog/article/345091/

WeWillBeReborn

Ba-da-bing-ba-da-BOOM

I lolled where they said it'll help improve safety, when in reality the only people watching will be pyromanic explosion addicts like me

robbie_998

already a thread on this

/lock

citizen_p

yeah id watch it...as long as they dont repeat themselves and assume everybodys retarded...

"now remember earlier when we said...." three times
hate that in shows

admiralofthefleet

channel 4, cool again

PFJSplitter

Not a new concept - NASA did this back in the 80s.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TrOA9WiUWs

WeWillBeReborn

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

channel 4, cool again

So many things wrong there

A) They're not cool
To be "cool again" they would have had to have been cool before

exiot

WeWillBeReborn wrote: »

So many things wrong there

A) They're not cool
To be "cool again" they would have had to have been cool before

So much better than RTE...

orourkeda

I thought the X-Factor already provided plane wreck TV.

Shows what I know.

Mint Sauce

that will be one to watch on 4od

Biggins

I expect this Blitz Street show to bomb big time.