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  1. Why Planes Vanish (2014)

    Director
    Miles O’Brien; Tristan Quinn
    Subject
    Engineering; Technology

    Television documentary. The disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 in 2014 stunned the world. In an era of smart-phones and GPS, how could a 270-ton passenger jet vanish? The programme tells the...

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  2. Equinox: Near Miss (2010)

    Director
    Jeremy Llewelyn-Jones
    Producer
    Emma Bowman
    Subject
    Aviation

    Behind the scenes of air traffic control in NewYork, the world’s busiest airspace. There’s a dramatic rise in the number of near misses, is this due to the sheer volume of traffic? Near-misses are...

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  3. British Air Traffic Control (2010)

    Director
    Peter Watkins
    Subject
    History; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 100 minutes), £14.99

    A collection of archive footage and films investigating the functions, history and techniques of air traffic control procedures in the sixties and seventies, including The CONTROLLERS (1963), an early film...

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  4. Air Traffic Control (1998 Video)

    Producer
    Peter Allison
    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min., 2000 sale: £35.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) VHS, higher education

    Uses the example of air traffic control to illustrate the application of information systems and technology to a complex and safety-critical scenario. Shows the environment of the air traffic controller and...

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  5. Your Flight is Our Business (1996 Video)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Free loan Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 11 min., 1997 sale: £30.21 (+VAT inc. p&p) Free loan to aviation industry, education and companies

    Examiness at the role of the National Air Traffic Services (NATS), shoiwing the work of air traffic controllers, engineers and support staff; high technology navigation aids and communication networks;...

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  6. Your Flight in Their Hands (1993 Video)

    Director
    Richard Vaughan
    Producer
    Chris Haws
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 1997 sale: £30.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Looks at how air traffic control works and at the revolution in aircraft guidance systems involving satellites, computers and automatic collision-avoidance systems.

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  7. Controlling the Sky (1990 Video)

    Producer
    David Saunders
    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Examines on the interface between computer systems and the people who use them, looking at a project to update the air traffic control system in the US as an example. Although air traffic control uses an...

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  8. In Safe Hands 1 (1990 Video)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Free loan, Videocassette. VHS. col. 29 min., Free loan

    Goes behind the scenes at London’s Heathrow Airport to show how the air traffic controllers manage the steadily growing number of flights. The controllers describe their work and demonstrate their...

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  9. Struggling for Control (1988 Video)

    Producer
    Christopher Riley
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    With access to air traffic control facilities around Britain, shows how such operations function and compares these methods and levels of safety with those used in the USA.

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