Plane Crashes
I’m in Hong Kong at the moment. I come here a few times a year to do something like business and staying here is one of the few times I actually watch a little TV. At home I almost never tune in. For some reason, every time I’m in Hong Kong I end up seeing the same program – Crash Scene Investigation.
This rather sensational program does a pretty good job of laying out the mountains of evidence from plane crashes. In under an hour it illustrates the tiny details that resulted in a shocking loss of life.
I always thought it was an odd show to watch in Hong Kong. Most people in hotels here are probably like me – they’re flying in from one place and will soon be flying off somewhere else. Hong Kong has one of the world’s busiest airports and the average visitor only stays here for 1 or 2 nights. The day after watching Crash Scene Investigation at the hotel, they could be in a plane waiting for take-off, and start looking around the cabin for some tiny flaw that could lead to disaster.
The day before I left for Hong Kong, a 737 owned by China Airlines burst into flames after landing in Japan. It was a spectacular scene, and fortunately no one was seriously hurt. As I waited for my flight to Hong Kong, all the free newspapers in the waiting lounge had full color photos of the burning plane. No one seemed to mind these shocking images. Maybe it’s time to start showing movies with plane crashes as part of the in-flight movie.
June 19th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
Im doing a project on this crash
October 13th, 2009 at 11:55 am
Thank you, You gave me a topic for my story writing in school.
December 3rd, 2009 at 4:11 am
This is so sad!!!
August 14th, 2010 at 5:47 am
This is so upsetting i have to do a project in grade 8 about plane crashes
December 4th, 2010 at 3:53 am
omg i looked up the pictures of it its insane im doing my newspaper porojecxt on this im totaly gonna get an A
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January 5th, 2012 at 3:39 am
Its a horror, but thats life, something or someone does something wrong even alitle skrew not tied properly into a part of the plane can lead to disaster.
But did you know?it might seem stupid but every crash that happens can actually help preventing other same crashes and save more people than before!.
January 6th, 2012 at 11:47 am
Nice story. Well written, fun to read. Reminds me of when I’m on the road in hotels, also watching a bit of tv that I’d never ordinarily be watching, while preparing for some presentation the next day.