My Friend Eric sent me a link to a pretty awesome post by Beijing Cream (yes, I’m as puzzled and concerned by the name as you are, including his page called “The Cream Factory”) entitled “The Anatomy of a Chinese Airport Rumble.” It’s pretty friggin’ awesome, though if you want a 40 second summary, here it is:
Why are you going to want to read the story? Because the guy trying to throw the chair and being restrained is supposedly a manager for the airline.
(Tip of the hat to Eric)
I’ve seen every episode of “Air Crash Investigation” and even though most of the footage is computer generated, it can still be tough to watch sometimes.
Well, yesterday a National Airlines 747-400 freighter crashed after takeoff at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan, and all seven crew members died.
Just this morning some footage was released of the crash taken from a car passing by, which can be found here.
My gosh, that’s really, really tough to watch. It’s pretty clear based on the video that the plane had a high pitch attitude and then stalled.
CNN’s “The Gateway” did a three minute segment on becoming a “Singapore Girl,” which I found pretty interesting. You can check it out here.
(Tip of the hat to Janesis)
Check out this Gadling video by the always awesome Kent Wien about American’s new cockpit iPads:
Interesting stuff!
Reader David passes along this amazing documentary about a D-check being carried out on a British Airways 747:
I thought I knew my fair share about how aircraft maintenance works, though I had no clue D-checks were this detailed and that they more or less rebuild the aircraft over a five week period. While it’s a long documentary, it’s well worth watching if you’re an airplane nerd.
You’ve gotta give Air New Zealand credit for their incredible buzz-worthy safety videos. They just posted their new safety video on YouTube yesterday, and it already has almost a million hits.
You can find the new nature themed safety video, starring Bear Grylls of Man vs. Wild, here:
Their safety video prior to that was hobbit themed:
And prior to that it starred Ed O’Neill and Melanie Lynskey:
And prior to that it starred Richard Simmons (though I suggest not watching this one unless you’re looking to torture yourself):
Kudos to Air New Zealand for their creativity!
This never ends well. I don’t watch much TV, but when I find a show I like, I have a hard time doing anything else. On my recent Singapore Airlines flight from San Francisco to Hong Kong I watched “Scam City: Buenos Aires.” I had never heard of the show before, though once I saw it I was hooked. It’s more or less a documentary about a guy who travels to cities around the world and falls for the most common scams. But the thing that’s awesome about the show is that he doesn’t just fall for the scams, but he tries to get to the bottom of them to figure out the strategy and business behind it. In other words if he’s given counterfeit money he wants to find out how much of a spread the person distributing it gets, and who they get it from. And then he tries to find the distributor. It’s a really, really fascinating show for anyone that likes travel.
For example, here’s the one about Bangkok, which covers two scams I’ve (intentionally) fallen for (written about here and here):
Part 1:
Part 2:
Part 3:
And then here’s the one I saw on my flight about Buenos Aires:
Part 1:
Part 2:
Part 3:
There are lots more on YouTube, so if you have some free time this is entertainment that’s tough to beat…
Anyone else hooked on these as much as I am?
Check it out:
Now, the ad might be more relevant after the first plane with these seats actually starts flying, but I guess those are minor details. 
And it’s pretty painful. Looked to me like they were going for a flash mob type video, until the “audience” started holding up signs.
Cheesy to the max…
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