Product: NOVA: The Deadliest Plane Crash (1974)
Rating: 5.0
Well Done Summary of The Worst Aviation Accident
This is a very good DVD, about 60 minutes long, with a mix of actual photos, computer graphics, interviews with actual passengers and crew and with FAA, NTSB investigators, etc., and film of actor re-enactment. The computer animation of when the two planes hit is gut-wrenching. I can't imagine being in the position of anyone on the PanAm plane, or on the KLM for that matter. There is still no conclusion made, or reason given, as to why the KLM pilot took off without an actual verbal take-off clearance. This is a sobering film, and the issue of runway incursions is made even more serious when the narrator (excellent by the way) brings up more recent runway incursions, with computer animations for those as well. NTSB people and others state that runway incursions are still happening, and there could possibly be another awful accident (this DVD was made in 2006). Luckily it hasn't happened yet. My thoughts and prayers for everyone involved, those who didn't make it and those who survived.