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Crash of Flight 111 [videorecording (DVD)].

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WGBH Boston Video, c2004.

DVD 363.12465 C894

Swissair Flight 111 Crash, 1998.

Aircraft accidents -- Nova Scotia -- Peggy's Cove.

Aircraft accidents -- Investigation.

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[videorecording (DVD)].

1 videodisc (60 min.) : Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cm.

"The investigation of an airplane disaster"--Container.

"NOVA® as seen on public television"--Container.

Program content : CBC, c2003.

Special features : Printable materials for educators ; Access to Crash of Flight 111 web site.

Full screen presentation (4x3).

Closed-captioned ; Described video for the visually impaired.

Writer/Producer/Director, Gary Glassman ; Managing director, Alan Ritsko ; Senior executive producer, Paul S. Apsell (for the CBC).

What caused Swissair Flight 111 to plunge into waters off the coast of Nova Scotia on September 2, 1998, killing all 229 people aboard? After four years and almost $40 million, investigators revealed that the accident was caused by factors that, alarmingly, still exist on many planes today. Nova was given unprecedented access to this intricate investigation, involving a seemingly hopeless search for evidence among two million pieces of debris scattered across the ocean floor. The recovery of the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder raised hopes until both were found to have failed during the last six minutes of the flight. Despite these daunting challenges, crash detectives methodically collected, sifted an sorted through the wreckage to reassemble a large portion of the plane in a giant hangar, building a detailed picture of Flight 111's last moments. After years of painstaking recovery, reconstruction, and testing, the investigators submitted their conclusions and recommend new safety measures. But some experts still believe that another disaster just like this could be just a matter of time.

Documentary television programs.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Films for people with visual disabilities.

Described video.

WGBH Video (Firm)

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

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