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Crash of the Century

posted 18 years ago by lakelady2282
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Just watched the above show about the collision between the KLM and the PAN AM.
I'm pretty sure it was one of the air crashes from this show but the network showed it as Crash of the Century not Air Crash Investigations as it is known in Aistralia. Also the show was nearly two hours instead of one. Is this part of the series Mayday or did they remake the episode for some reason. The narrator is the same. Can't find this collision in the list of the shows.

[–] hard-act-to-follow 18 years ago

Hey i was wondering the same thing so i looked it up on Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Crash_Investigation

Down the botton it lists the seasons and episode names this one and another (SilkAir 185 - Pilot Suicide?)are listed as Off-series episodes, i guess because it was longer then most episodes. Hope that helps.

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[–] Orangeguy 18 years ago

Hi, if I can set the record straight here, I will clear up all your confusions: "Crash Of the Century" was originally produced as a one-off 2-hour docu-drama on the Tenerife crash. The show was produced by Cineflix in Canada and Galaxie Production in France, and it was shot entirely in France, except for a couple of the interviews. The show was produced to be originally in French, for the channel France5.

Subsequently, an English language version was needed, and this version was recut slightly. New English narration was added. And a couple of the broadcasters that license Mayday/Air Crash Investigations, which is also a Cinelfix/Galaxie show, wanted to see if they could get a 1-hour version. So that was created as well.

Ultimately, there are two version out there: a 1-hour and a 2-hour. The 2-hour has much more interview footage and more repitition.

NB: "Seconds To Disaster" is a completely different series created by a different production company. STD did a segment on the Tenerife crash, with recreations. Cineflix/Galaxie did their own version, ostensibly for the French market, for whom this is a very big event, but also because this is the worst air crash in history in terms of loss of life -- and as an accident.