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Turbulent Skies (2010)
Very unrealistic from an aviation perspective. How difficult would it have been for them to find out how planes are flown before making a film about how planes are flown?
I have watched four minutes of this film, and can bear to watch no more. In these four minutes alone, I have seen:
1. An airliner flying at FL250 (or 25,000ft) with the landing gear extended and with the flaps in a landing configuration.
2. The first officer says that the #2 engine N1 is falling, then it cuts to the engine display where the N1 is stable.
3. The captain and the first officer are both flying manually, each holding their yokes at the same time.
4. After the flight attendant informs the pilots that the engine is on fire, the first officer looks at the captain and asks: "What do we do? Captain?" - in fact he should know exactly what to do, as it would have formed a huge part of his training and type certification. There are checklists that exist for that very procedure.
5. They then try to restart the engines by slamming the throttle levers to full, then idle, then full, then idle.
6. They make a mayday call to 'Central Tower' at FL250.
7. Footage of the plane 'crashing' reveals a third engine...
I'm sorry, I can't bring myself to watch any more. If you know absolutely nothing about aviation, then perhaps you would be able to watch this film - but I just cant do it. I'm sorry.