“The Deadliest Plane 
Crash” closes out the episode by bringing the audience to the modern day and discussing the likelihood of such an event occurring again. The experts indicate that it is all too likely, and while some advancements and technologies exist that could prevent such crashes in the future, they are not installed at enough airports and nothing is being done to rectify this situation.
The problem with the show is not that the subject matter isn’t interesting, it very much is. It’s also not necessarily that it’s presented in a bad way — this is the way Nova presents everything and it has certainly proven hugely successful. The problem is simply more judicious editing and another look at the pacing of the episode is required in order to fully captivate viewers and educate them about the history of the incident and the danger of fewer incidents. The episode is by no means “bad,” either. It is informative and interesting, just overly long and a little too leisurely paced.
Nova - "The Deadliest Plane Crash" airs on PBS, Tuesday October 17th at 8PM ET/PT
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1 - the deadliest plane crash
its scary!
2 - TV and Film Guy
what's scary?
3 - Killerman
Thats soooo fake they both would have blow up..if the hit like that..
4 - Spiceystuff
That is scary..amagine being in one of thoughs planes....
5 - james mcfaden
my nan was on this :|
no joke, and she had parkinsons....
gutted
6 - athony james charles william ben smith
hey
i can play the banjo
7 - alex mcleish
i love the villa
8 - jake
that picture is so cool!!!!!!!!!!
9 - jake
dude these airplanes are so big that they need so much gas and dont you think they might have blown up. REALLY COME ON AND REALLY THINK ABOUT IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
10 - Dr Dreadful
Aeroplanes are filled with aviation fuel, not Semtex. I know that in Hollywood, vehicles blow up if you so much as tap them lightly with a screwdriver. In this case, however, both planes caught fire and hundreds of people perished, which was bad enough.
This isn't a movie, Jake: that crash really happened.
11 - h&t
Jake and Killerman, this did happen both pilots couldnt see eachother as the visability was poor!!!!!!!!!! when they did see eachother it was too late but on of the planes managed to pull up and its landing gear caught the plane below as shown...
12 - Gabby
YALL STUPID PEOPLE DIED
13 - helder
pilot error and control tower
14 - conley
how do u watch it ?