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Cleared for Take-Off

Horizon

Run Time: 60 mins

Air Date: Mon, 4 Feb 1980

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BBC Two

Season 17 - Episode 3

Cleared for Take-Off

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Documentary which looks at the danger points in flying an airliner on a routine flight from Gatwick to Los Angeles. Danger points are identified and we see research into airtraffic control, aircraft design, the role of the stewardess, avoiding mid-air collisions, electronic flight desks, whirlwind vortices and a new fuel additive that may virtually eliminate the instant conflagrations.

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