Product: NOVA: The Deadliest Plane Crash (1974)
Rating: 4.0
Well compiled, but missing an important theory
I enjoy documentaries on engineering and natural disasters. The scicence of accident investigation is very amusing and I enjoy puzzles and mysteries. This is largest life-loss event in aviation history and its a very interesting story on how problems with communication, systems, and coincidence can create disaster. There are some interviews with survivors, computer animation, and recreation by actors as well as news footage. The film includes some information on the changes in the industry since the PanAm/KLM crash at Tenerife that have made aviation safer.I do find watching the episode of "Seconds From Disaster" (aired by the National Geographic Channel) an important supplement as it includes the theory of a heterodyne that temporarily masked important communications between the two 747s involved and the tower at Los Rodeos Airport. This documentary preseted by Nova doesn't include that theory, but details the official investigation quite well. 4 of 5 stars.