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Now, Captain Gort,

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I want you to bring your
mind back four weeks in time

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to the night of May the
16th, Aurangabad airport.

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Please don't think that this

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is in any way a cross-examination.

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It's just you and me
putting our heads together

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to try to find out why
this accident took place.

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Thank you.

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I'm sure that you and all the pilots

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who have to fly the
Phoenix are just as anxious

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to determine the truth
as the manufacturers,

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the Atlas Aviation Company,

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whom I have the honor to represent.

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Now, Captain, we have
heard a good many theories

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in this inquiry, but what are the facts?

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The aircraft Phoenix Victor
Fox, under your command,

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was at Aurangabad with
89 passengers, six crew,

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four tons of freight,

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a maximum takeoff weight
of 170,000 pounds.

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Now, I ask, what happened?

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Certainly nothing like it
has ever happened before.

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Phoenixes had been in operation

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for months before the accident,
functioning perfectly.

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Yet on this single occasion,
at a particular airport,

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in a particular country under the command

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of a particular pilot, Captain
Gort, an accident occurs.

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Why?

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Now, sir, the time is 23:57
Aurangabad local time.

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Here is Captain Gort. Beside
him, first officer Lamborne.

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Captain Gort is already calculated

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from the Atlas Aviation Company's graph

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that in these conditions
of weight and temperature,

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the unstick speed, that
is the takeoff speed, is...

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118 knots.

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Exactly. Thank you, Captain.

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The captain has signed
the load and trim sheet

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and is satisfied that mechanically,

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everything is just as it should be.

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Then all six engines are started.

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Mr. Lamborne obtains permission to taxi,

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and Captain Gort slowly taxis out

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to takeoff position on runway two-seven.

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Now, Captain, what next?

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We were cleared to take off,

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climb on course to 42,000 feet.

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Great circle to Cairo.

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And the conditions?

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Dark, very hot, spitting with rain.

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But you could see the boundary lights

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at the far end of the runway.

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Yes, but no horizon.

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Had you any inkling whatever

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that this was not going
to be a normal takeoff?

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None.

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I see.

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And then you switched
on your landing lights?

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No, I don't use landing
lights for takeoff.

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It's not required by the regulations.

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And, of course, you always operate

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strictly according to the book.

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Of course.

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Go on, Captain, what then?

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I turned to Mr. Lamborne
and put my thumb up.

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He put his thumb up, too.

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And?

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I opened all six engines to full power,

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released the brakes from the
aircraft, and we began to move.

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So, fairly slowly, I take it,

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because of the high temperature

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and the fact that you were so heavy.

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Yes.

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Then faster until Mr.
Lamborne called out 75 knots.

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Yes.

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When you pulled back
on the control column.

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That is when I've been instructed

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to lift the nose wheel off the ground.

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So, the red boundary
lights were nearer now.

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Naturally.

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Did Mr. Lamborne

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say anything to you at this point?

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Yes.

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He said, "God, we're eating the runway."

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But you had not reached
the unstick speed,

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and that made you concerned.

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Well, we both knew from
the graph calculations

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that we'd use a lot of runway.

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And then?

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He called out 118 knots, at last.

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So, you moved back the
control column for the unstick,

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but Victor Fox remained on the ground.

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First, yes.

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Then it rose a few
inches above the runway,

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for a second or two, then
it touched down again,

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But it was too late now

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to do anything about it except go on.

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Yes.

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So you went on trying to get airborne

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until the red boundary lights went by?

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Yes.

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What then?

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I shouted to Mr. Lamborne,
"It won't come off."

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And then?

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What then?

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The Phoenix started to bang
up and down on rough ground.

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I slammed the throttles back.

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There was a tremendous bump.

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Terrible grinding noise, and I
felt the port wheel collapse.

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The aircraft shuddered,
then suddenly stopped.

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Go on, Captain.

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I pressed all four
emergency crash buttons,

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shuddered about an aircraft,

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then went after the passenger's cabin.

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They were all right. Steward and I

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got them out of the aircraft.
Then I went forward again

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to see if the crew had all left.

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Only Mr. Lamborne was
there, still in his seat.

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I shouted, "For heaven
sake, get out, Alec!"

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I rushed up and shone
the torch in his face.

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Then I saw that he was dead.

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Captain, uh... Captain Gort.

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You've given us a very clear picture,

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but it doesn't solve the problem, does it?

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Why did the Phoenix fail to take off?

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Now, let's go back to
the time when you lifted

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the nose wheel off the ground.

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The speed is 75 knots.

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You pull back on the stick.

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I eased back.

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I don't use strength to fly an airplane.

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Up and up came the nose.

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Not as high as that.

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It was pitch dark. There was no horizon.

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You had no instrument
guidance. And you still say

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that you know how high
you held the nose up?

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- I do.
- How?

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I have 19,000 hours experience.

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In piston engine aircraft,
Captain. In the Phoenix, 30.

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Regardless of type,
you get a sixth sense.

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Now, please, allow me to proceed.

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The wing at this angle is
exposed to immense drag,

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slowing the aircraft down.

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Yes, but...

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Perhaps Mr. Lamborne, who was worried...

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I didn't say that.

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Anticipated a fraction
the air speed of 118 knots.

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No.

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Automatically, you
pulled back on the stick.

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Eased back.

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But the aircraft was so nose-high

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that it couldn't achieve flying speed.

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But I never got the nose that high.

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Look, I can show you
exactly what happened.

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Will you let go?

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Can you proceed, Sir Arnold?

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As far as Captain Gort is
concerned, sir, I've finished.

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Well, how nice! Were you looking for me?

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No.

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Oh, what a pity. Well, never mind.

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Now that we know each other...

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We don't. If you'll kindly
move, I'm going inside.

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Ah, you can't.

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Council's already made a dreadful fuss

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about the press going in and
out. Now, what I suggest...

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When does Captain Gort give evidence?

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He's just given it. You missed it.

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Sir Arnold made rings around
him, if you're interested.

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Look, why don't we have tea
together and talk it over?

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Talk what over?

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Well, what I mean is you want the story,

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I can give it to you.

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Of course, there'll be a small
charge for inside information.

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I thought this was a public inquiry.

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Yes, so it is.

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But you are talking to an expert.

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Expert in what?

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Apart from picking up strange women.

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Here we are.

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Two teas, please.

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I shall always remember our first meeting.

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Soft lights, sweet music,
and discreet self-service.

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Expert in what?

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Oh, that. I'm the training
captain of the airline.

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So you trained Captain
Gort for the Phoenix?

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Yes, I did.

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Then you're Captain Dallas.

186
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Yes, that's right.

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Shilling.

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Oh, thank you.

189
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Sugar on the table.

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Service with a smile.

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Eh?

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Afraid it's a bit rough.

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No matter.

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I want to know about the inquiry.

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Oh, yes, the inquiry.

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How's it going?

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Just as everyone expected.

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And how's that?

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They eliminated all possible causes

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of the accident except one.

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A fault in the aircraft.

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No.

203
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What then?

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Well, it's not over,
so you mustn't quote me,

205
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but I can tell you what
they'll say: "pilot error."

206
00:10:03,774 --> 00:10:04,857
I don't believe it.

207
00:10:04,858 --> 00:10:06,734
My dear girl, you don't
know anything about it.

208
00:10:06,735 --> 00:10:08,027
Do you?

209
00:10:08,028 --> 00:10:09,029
Obviously.

210
00:10:09,863 --> 00:10:12,281
It wasn't his fault.
It was the aircraft.

211
00:10:12,282 --> 00:10:13,783
You're talking nonsense.

212
00:10:13,784 --> 00:10:17,120
They got all the pieces
checked, every single thing.

213
00:10:17,121 --> 00:10:18,996
There's absolutely nothing
wrong with the aircraft.

214
00:10:18,997 --> 00:10:20,581
There must have been.

215
00:10:20,582 --> 00:10:23,251
Look, we spent years
building up the Phoenix.

216
00:10:23,252 --> 00:10:25,169
It costs millions of pounds.

217
00:10:25,170 --> 00:10:27,130
And your future's wrapped up in it.

218
00:10:27,131 --> 00:10:29,298
Well, I don't see what the
hell that's got to do with it.

219
00:10:29,299 --> 00:10:32,176
Why are you getting so worked
up defending old man Gort?

220
00:10:32,177 --> 00:10:33,469
Do you know him?

221
00:10:33,470 --> 00:10:34,596
He's my father.

222
00:10:35,931 --> 00:10:39,142
Oh, I'm terribly sorry, I
thought you were a reporter.

223
00:10:39,143 --> 00:10:41,728
I'm a secretary. Thanks for the tea.

224
00:10:51,405 --> 00:10:52,738
I didn't break the damn thing.

225
00:10:52,739 --> 00:10:53,865
Of course, you didn't.

226
00:10:53,866 --> 00:10:56,325
Don't be silly, Charlotte,
you weren't even in court.

227
00:10:56,326 --> 00:10:57,744
I'm talking about the model.

228
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Between us, we managed to
drop it. Cost a lot of money.

229
00:11:03,834 --> 00:11:05,209
You're worried about
the result, aren't you?

230
00:11:05,210 --> 00:11:06,419
Why should I?

231
00:11:06,420 --> 00:11:08,838
I did my best to get the aircraft off.

232
00:11:08,839 --> 00:11:10,089
Nobody could have done better.

233
00:11:10,090 --> 00:11:11,549
Of course not.

234
00:11:11,550 --> 00:11:14,010
Don't worry, you'll be flying again soon.

235
00:11:14,011 --> 00:11:15,428
I'm just going to wash up these things

236
00:11:15,429 --> 00:11:16,722
and then I'm going to bed.

237
00:11:17,639 --> 00:11:19,098
Goodnight, father.

238
00:11:19,099 --> 00:11:20,100
Goodnight.

239
00:11:22,311 --> 00:11:23,811
You'll go, too, won't you?

240
00:11:23,812 --> 00:11:25,188
Yes, yes, of course.

241
00:11:25,189 --> 00:11:27,648
Soon? It's half past 11.

242
00:11:27,649 --> 00:11:30,402
Well, I just wanna finish
that book you gave me.

243
00:11:30,444 --> 00:11:31,820
You finished it yesterday.

244
00:11:32,863 --> 00:11:34,406
So I did.

245
00:11:39,661 --> 00:11:42,663
Father, you're sleeping
all right, aren't you?

246
00:11:42,664 --> 00:11:43,498
Yes, yes.

247
00:11:43,499 --> 00:11:45,375
No trouble about sleeping. It's just...

248
00:11:47,127 --> 00:11:49,921
It's Lamborne, Charlotte.
I dream about him.

249
00:11:49,922 --> 00:11:53,341
Nothing to do with the
crash or anything like that.

250
00:11:53,342 --> 00:11:54,968
Just his face.

251
00:11:57,846 --> 00:12:00,307
I think I'll stay up a
bit longer. You go to bed.

252
00:12:43,308 --> 00:12:44,768
That's all right. Straighten up.

253
00:12:52,025 --> 00:12:54,235
Okay, let's go home.

254
00:12:54,236 --> 00:12:56,112
How often does Pickering go up?

255
00:12:56,113 --> 00:12:58,739
Whenever he can. Never misses a chance.

256
00:12:58,740 --> 00:13:01,993
He's like a new man since
the result of the inquiry.

257
00:13:01,994 --> 00:13:03,703
He's a funny bloke.

258
00:13:03,704 --> 00:13:05,663
He's very difficult to talk to.

259
00:13:05,664 --> 00:13:08,958
Only got one subject: the Phoenix.

260
00:13:08,959 --> 00:13:10,167
You get him to talk about that

261
00:13:10,168 --> 00:13:12,337
only if you've got
plenty of time to spare.

262
00:13:13,547 --> 00:13:15,381
You know he still carries the first sketch

263
00:13:15,382 --> 00:13:17,258
he ever made of it around in his pocket?

264
00:13:17,259 --> 00:13:18,634
I'll go and see if he's finished.

265
00:13:18,635 --> 00:13:21,012
Be back in a minute to do
the field approach check.

266
00:13:21,013 --> 00:13:21,847
Okay.

267
00:13:26,852 --> 00:13:29,687
Nigel, we're going in now,
if you've finished.

268
00:13:29,688 --> 00:13:30,938
I'll come up front.

269
00:13:30,939 --> 00:13:32,523
Everything all right?

270
00:13:32,524 --> 00:13:33,441
Fine.

271
00:13:33,442 --> 00:13:34,276
Come on, then.

272
00:14:00,635 --> 00:14:02,845
Man, that's what I call an aircraft.

273
00:14:02,846 --> 00:14:03,680
Enjoyed yourself?

274
00:14:03,681 --> 00:14:05,181
I'm sold.

275
00:14:05,182 --> 00:14:06,015
Flies right?

276
00:14:06,016 --> 00:14:06,975
Flies beaut.

277
00:14:06,976 --> 00:14:08,434
It's the height that gets me.

278
00:14:08,435 --> 00:14:11,187
First time "Birdman" Braddock
ever felt like a real spaceman.

279
00:14:11,188 --> 00:14:13,773
Must make you feel pretty
good, Mr. Pickering.

280
00:14:13,774 --> 00:14:15,483
Perhaps this will interest you.

281
00:14:15,484 --> 00:14:17,361
That's how I first saw the Phoenix.

282
00:14:21,990 --> 00:14:23,532
You notice the wings?

283
00:14:23,533 --> 00:14:24,451
Yeah, I always thought wings

284
00:14:24,452 --> 00:14:26,369
were such a headache these days.

285
00:14:26,370 --> 00:14:27,495
We were lucky.

286
00:14:27,496 --> 00:14:28,829
Speed range is, what,

287
00:14:28,830 --> 00:14:31,248
100 to 600 miles an hour.

288
00:14:31,249 --> 00:14:32,541
Just about.

289
00:14:32,542 --> 00:14:34,293
Good looking, too.

290
00:14:34,294 --> 00:14:35,711
There's only one thing.

291
00:14:35,712 --> 00:14:36,796
What's that?

292
00:14:36,797 --> 00:14:37,714
Now, this lift business.

293
00:14:37,715 --> 00:14:39,173
There's obviously a lot of lift here,

294
00:14:39,174 --> 00:14:41,384
but it's getting less and
less all the way down.

295
00:14:41,385 --> 00:14:43,928
That must be just about
zero at the tip here.

296
00:14:43,929 --> 00:14:46,097
Oh, high speed's fine, but surely at low...

297
00:14:46,098 --> 00:14:48,974
All that's checked
and rechecked 100 times.

298
00:14:48,975 --> 00:14:50,726
Is it? How?

299
00:14:50,727 --> 00:14:51,686
How?

300
00:14:51,687 --> 00:14:53,145
Yeah.

301
00:14:53,146 --> 00:14:55,315
What do you think we've
got a wind tunnel for?

302
00:14:58,568 --> 00:14:59,903
Now, what's got into him?

303
00:15:30,183 --> 00:15:31,392
Sorry I'm late.

304
00:15:31,393 --> 00:15:32,476
Oh, hello, Hugh.

305
00:15:32,477 --> 00:15:34,520
Ran into our eager
beaver of a flight captain.

306
00:15:34,521 --> 00:15:37,148
Judd? He's off to Sydney,

307
00:15:37,149 --> 00:15:39,233
organizing an extension of the route.

308
00:15:39,234 --> 00:15:41,485
Looked as though they had a full load.

309
00:15:42,363 --> 00:15:46,615
Building up all the time,
everywhere except Aurangabad.

310
00:15:46,616 --> 00:15:49,160
I take it that's not what
you called me over for.

311
00:15:49,161 --> 00:15:52,538
No, this. You read it?

312
00:15:52,539 --> 00:15:54,707
Yes, it's pretty well
what we expected, isn't it?

313
00:15:54,708 --> 00:15:57,335
"Pilot error." And what happens to Gort?

314
00:15:58,712 --> 00:16:02,214
Three years loss of seniority
and a severe reprimand.

315
00:16:02,215 --> 00:16:03,466
Have you told him?

316
00:16:03,467 --> 00:16:04,800
Just.

317
00:16:04,801 --> 00:16:06,343
How'd he take it?

318
00:16:06,344 --> 00:16:07,887
He said the board could
think what it liked.

319
00:16:07,888 --> 00:16:09,931
He was satisfied he'd done nothing wrong.

320
00:16:10,849 --> 00:16:12,349
"Pilot error."

321
00:16:12,350 --> 00:16:15,186
Yes, it's tough having to
live with a thing like that.

322
00:16:15,187 --> 00:16:17,146
What are they gonna do with him?

323
00:16:17,147 --> 00:16:19,398
Well, that's what I
want to see you about.

324
00:16:19,399 --> 00:16:23,027
The chairman has left it to
me to do the sensible thing.

325
00:16:23,028 --> 00:16:25,488
Hugh, I've given it a lot of thought.

326
00:16:25,489 --> 00:16:27,908
I think we should keep
him on the Phoenix fleet.

327
00:16:28,950 --> 00:16:30,409
We should what?

328
00:16:30,410 --> 00:16:33,078
Subject to a satisfactory check by you.

329
00:16:33,079 --> 00:16:36,207
You must be crazy!
After a crash like that,

330
00:16:36,208 --> 00:16:37,458
killing his first officer?

331
00:16:37,459 --> 00:16:38,834
If Lamborne had been properly braced,

332
00:16:38,835 --> 00:16:39,877
he wouldn't have been killed.

333
00:16:39,878 --> 00:16:40,837
But he was killed.

334
00:16:40,838 --> 00:16:42,463
That doesn't make
Gort any more to blame.

335
00:16:42,464 --> 00:16:44,341
I'm sorry, but I don't agree.

336
00:16:45,342 --> 00:16:49,970
You know, once, years
ago, I undershot a runway

337
00:16:49,971 --> 00:16:52,097
and touched down on the grass.

338
00:16:52,098 --> 00:16:54,517
Ground was frozen hard
and nothing happened.

339
00:16:54,518 --> 00:16:55,352
Six months later,

340
00:16:55,353 --> 00:16:56,727
somebody else did exactly the same thing

341
00:16:56,728 --> 00:16:59,647
when it had been raining and
put the aircraft on its back.

342
00:16:59,648 --> 00:17:02,566
Result of the inquiry? "Pilot error."

343
00:17:02,567 --> 00:17:04,610
All right, I know there's
often only a hairline

344
00:17:04,611 --> 00:17:06,362
between being blamed and
getting away with it.

345
00:17:06,363 --> 00:17:07,571
You were just lucky, that's all.

346
00:17:07,572 --> 00:17:08,656
And Gort wasn't.

347
00:17:08,657 --> 00:17:10,491
But his mistake was elementary.

348
00:17:10,492 --> 00:17:12,493
So elementary, I can't see
how he can have made it,

349
00:17:12,494 --> 00:17:13,328
can you?

350
00:17:13,329 --> 00:17:15,704
The point is he did make
it and we can't afford

351
00:17:15,705 --> 00:17:16,581
to take any chances.

352
00:17:16,582 --> 00:17:17,706
Now, look, Hugh,

353
00:17:17,707 --> 00:17:19,458
he's got millions of
safe miles behind him,

354
00:17:19,459 --> 00:17:21,710
more than any two other
Phoenix pilots put together,

355
00:17:21,711 --> 00:17:23,837
and we're desperately short of jet pilots.

356
00:17:23,838 --> 00:17:26,090
All I'm asking is an impartial check.

357
00:17:26,091 --> 00:17:28,760
Then if you're still not
satisfied, that's it.

358
00:17:37,686 --> 00:17:38,520
All right.

359
00:17:38,521 --> 00:17:40,688
If that's what you want,
I'll give him a check.

360
00:17:40,689 --> 00:17:41,982
He better be bloody good.

361
00:17:52,492 --> 00:17:54,828
Now see if you can find
the cone of silence.

362
00:18:00,792 --> 00:18:03,544
You try and follow him through on there.

363
00:18:03,545 --> 00:18:06,380
This is the best instrument
flying test there is.

364
00:18:06,381 --> 00:18:08,173
No visual aids whatever.

365
00:18:08,174 --> 00:18:10,467
All he is got to go on
is what he can hear.

366
00:18:10,468 --> 00:18:13,220
He's gotta find his way blind
to the cone of silence there,

367
00:18:13,221 --> 00:18:15,306
and it's pretty small.

368
00:18:15,307 --> 00:18:17,016
Difficult to get the drift, isn't it?

369
00:18:17,017 --> 00:18:19,351
Yes, particularly with this gusty wind.

370
00:18:19,352 --> 00:18:22,314
From where I've started him,
I doubt if he'll make it.

371
00:18:31,906 --> 00:18:33,699
The ends are getting clearer.

372
00:18:33,700 --> 00:18:34,950
Yeah.

373
00:18:34,951 --> 00:18:36,494
Well, surely he can hear them.

374
00:18:37,621 --> 00:18:39,997
Don't know what he's playing at.

375
00:18:39,998 --> 00:18:42,584
He's way off the leg. Here, now.

376
00:18:44,628 --> 00:18:46,546
Why doesn't he do something?

377
00:18:48,506 --> 00:18:49,549
I think he's gonna miss it.

378
00:18:53,553 --> 00:18:54,971
You'd be surprised how often they think

379
00:18:55,013 --> 00:18:56,639
they're in this sector,

380
00:18:56,640 --> 00:18:58,849
when actually they're flying
away from it on this one.

381
00:18:58,850 --> 00:19:00,809
When they find they've
done something wrong,

382
00:19:00,810 --> 00:19:02,519
they're apt to get
panicky and start trying

383
00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:04,938
to let down without
knowing where they are.

384
00:19:04,939 --> 00:19:06,440
What do you do then?

385
00:19:06,441 --> 00:19:08,734
Only thing I can do, fail 'em.

386
00:19:08,735 --> 00:19:11,237
One thing you learn in
this job: beware of pity.

387
00:19:14,991 --> 00:19:16,242
He's turning.

388
00:19:22,248 --> 00:19:23,749
Not enough.

389
00:19:30,507 --> 00:19:31,466
Wait a minute.

390
00:19:31,467 --> 00:19:34,052
The signal's building. Must
be closer than I thought.

391
00:19:47,941 --> 00:19:49,817
He's got the drift anyway.

392
00:19:53,613 --> 00:19:55,073
Cone of silence.

393
00:19:58,284 --> 00:19:59,494
See the approach check.

394
00:20:00,412 --> 00:20:01,662
All right, that's it.

395
00:20:01,663 --> 00:20:03,081
Let down to 1500 feet.

396
00:20:35,905 --> 00:20:37,781
There's only one thing.

397
00:20:37,782 --> 00:20:39,158
Yes?

398
00:20:39,159 --> 00:20:42,619
I thought you stayed in the
end signal a bit too long.

399
00:20:42,620 --> 00:20:44,580
I'd got the drift.

400
00:20:44,581 --> 00:20:45,706
I knew where I was.

401
00:20:45,707 --> 00:20:48,709
- I grant you that, but...
- The wind was gusting.

402
00:20:48,710 --> 00:20:51,336
I didn't want to be blown
across into the A sector.

403
00:20:51,337 --> 00:20:53,380
Well, that's fair enough.

404
00:20:53,381 --> 00:20:55,674
Perhaps you'd like a second opinion.

405
00:20:55,675 --> 00:20:56,967
I don't need one.

406
00:20:56,968 --> 00:20:57,927
Then tell me where I went wrong,

407
00:20:57,928 --> 00:20:59,595
when I failed to follow the book.

408
00:20:59,596 --> 00:21:00,763
Oh, come off it.

409
00:21:00,764 --> 00:21:02,806
It's one of the best checks
I ever did on anyone.

410
00:21:02,807 --> 00:21:04,099
Well, then what's the trouble?

411
00:21:04,100 --> 00:21:05,851
You're back on the route.

412
00:21:19,324 --> 00:21:20,532
Everything's fine.

413
00:21:20,533 --> 00:21:22,534
I believe you've met Captain Dallas.

414
00:21:22,535 --> 00:21:23,869
Yes, we've met. How are you?

415
00:21:23,870 --> 00:21:24,870
I'm all right, thanks.

416
00:21:24,871 --> 00:21:26,163
You must come and have
a meal with us sometime.

417
00:21:26,164 --> 00:21:27,247
Yes, I'd like to.

418
00:21:27,248 --> 00:21:28,332
We'll make it soon.

419
00:21:28,333 --> 00:21:29,458
Good.

420
00:21:29,459 --> 00:21:32,670
Come along, father.
Goodbye, Captain Dallas.

421
00:21:46,142 --> 00:21:48,101
Looks a good check.

422
00:21:48,102 --> 00:21:49,728
First rate.

423
00:21:49,729 --> 00:21:51,104
I'm glad.

424
00:21:51,105 --> 00:21:53,982
You know, he is unholy
accurate, and he had me fooled

425
00:21:53,983 --> 00:21:55,609
on the range flying test.

426
00:21:55,610 --> 00:21:58,195
Stayed way off the leg to
the last possible moment

427
00:21:58,196 --> 00:22:00,531
and let himself be drifted
slap into the cone.

428
00:22:00,532 --> 00:22:02,366
Pretty impressive.

429
00:22:02,367 --> 00:22:04,785
Oh, I told Pickering about it.

430
00:22:04,786 --> 00:22:07,037
He wasn't any too pleased.

431
00:22:07,038 --> 00:22:08,205
He'll get over it.

432
00:22:08,206 --> 00:22:10,333
You don't know Pickering. By the way,

433
00:22:10,375 --> 00:22:12,417
he says there won't be an
aircraft available for training

434
00:22:12,418 --> 00:22:13,419
for another two weeks.

435
00:22:13,461 --> 00:22:15,379
So is it all right if I
do a trip down the route?

436
00:22:15,380 --> 00:22:17,840
Yeah, they'll be glad to have you.

437
00:22:17,841 --> 00:22:19,092
You want me to wait till Judd gets back?

438
00:22:19,133 --> 00:22:20,009
No, no.

439
00:22:20,010 --> 00:22:22,219
He's still organizing things in Sydney.

440
00:22:22,220 --> 00:22:25,681
Sends me about 500 words on
the tele-printer every day.

441
00:22:25,682 --> 00:22:26,890
Always the weaver.

442
00:22:26,891 --> 00:22:29,518
Yeah, he's a good flight captain.

443
00:22:29,519 --> 00:22:31,603
I'll fix your trip sometime next week.

444
00:22:31,604 --> 00:22:32,480
Thanks.

445
00:22:32,481 --> 00:22:34,857
I'll be at the factory
you when you want me.

446
00:22:34,858 --> 00:22:35,692
All right.

447
00:22:37,402 --> 00:22:39,612
Operations, this is Dallas here.

448
00:22:39,654 --> 00:22:41,280
Can you tell me when Captain Carter

449
00:22:41,281 --> 00:22:43,032
will be available for flight check?

450
00:22:44,701 --> 00:22:45,701
I see, thanks.

451
00:22:45,702 --> 00:22:47,620
Oh, just a minute.

452
00:22:49,372 --> 00:22:51,499
When's Captain Gort due back?

453
00:22:53,209 --> 00:22:57,671
Friday, uh-huh. And can you
tell me his home number?

454
00:23:04,262 --> 00:23:05,429
Hello?

455
00:23:05,430 --> 00:23:06,722
Hello, Miss Gort?

456
00:23:06,723 --> 00:23:07,557
Speaking.

457
00:23:07,558 --> 00:23:10,309
Oh, it's Hugh Dallas here.
Is your father in?

458
00:23:10,310 --> 00:23:13,520
No, I'm afraid my
father's away on service.

459
00:23:13,521 --> 00:23:16,024
Oh, what bad luck,
I should have checked.

460
00:23:17,567 --> 00:23:20,527
Well, knowing he's keen on Shakespeare,

461
00:23:20,528 --> 00:23:22,946
I booked three seats
at the Old Vic tonight.

462
00:23:22,947 --> 00:23:24,865
Perhaps you and I could still go?

463
00:23:24,866 --> 00:23:27,075
Tonight, I'm afraid
I've already arranged

464
00:23:27,076 --> 00:23:28,994
to go to the Vaudeville.

465
00:23:28,995 --> 00:23:30,245
Oh, dear.

466
00:23:30,246 --> 00:23:33,624
In any case, isn't the Old
Vic closed for redecoration?

467
00:23:33,625 --> 00:23:36,710
Oh, good Lord.

468
00:23:36,711 --> 00:23:39,087
I seem to have last week's paper.

469
00:23:39,088 --> 00:23:40,505
How stupid of me.

470
00:23:40,506 --> 00:23:42,591
And how unkind of them to sell you seats

471
00:23:42,592 --> 00:23:44,635
for an empty theater.

472
00:23:44,636 --> 00:23:45,470
Yes.

473
00:23:45,471 --> 00:23:47,304
Yes, I can't understand that.

474
00:23:47,305 --> 00:23:48,723
Goodnight.

475
00:23:52,602 --> 00:23:54,187
Oh, dear.

476
00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:57,148
Hmm. Let's see.

477
00:24:04,030 --> 00:24:05,656
Hello?

478
00:24:05,657 --> 00:24:08,117
Hugh! I've just got in.

479
00:24:09,619 --> 00:24:10,911
Long time, no see.

480
00:24:10,912 --> 00:24:13,372
I thought I'd done something wrong.

481
00:24:13,373 --> 00:24:14,666
Hugh, you're awful.

482
00:24:16,042 --> 00:24:18,001
What are you doing tonight, Joyce?

483
00:24:18,002 --> 00:24:19,586
I'm supposed to be
going out with someone.

484
00:24:19,587 --> 00:24:21,046
Yes, with me.

485
00:24:21,047 --> 00:24:23,632
Say you're being called out
unexpectedly for service.

486
00:24:23,633 --> 00:24:25,509
Is that what you say?

487
00:24:25,510 --> 00:24:26,719
That's what I say.

488
00:24:27,637 --> 00:24:30,847
Any particular show you'd like to go to?

489
00:24:30,848 --> 00:24:32,349
What about the Vaudeville?

490
00:24:32,350 --> 00:24:33,767
Vaudeville?

491
00:24:33,768 --> 00:24:37,021
Oh, you're sure there's
nothing else you'd rather see?

492
00:24:45,738 --> 00:24:48,032
This is fun, Hugh.
You remember last time?

493
00:24:48,950 --> 00:24:50,243
In Rome, last summer.

494
00:24:51,536 --> 00:24:52,703
I'm sorry, what was that?

495
00:24:52,704 --> 00:24:54,455
I was thinking of that evening in Rome.

496
00:24:56,207 --> 00:24:58,709
I don't suppose you get on
the route much nowadays.

497
00:24:58,710 --> 00:25:00,794
Actually, I'm going out quite soon.

498
00:25:00,795 --> 00:25:02,546
Is this all right or would
you like to change places?

499
00:25:02,547 --> 00:25:04,007
No, really, I can see perfectly.

500
00:25:06,718 --> 00:25:08,135
Anything the matter?

501
00:25:08,136 --> 00:25:11,179
No, no, I was just thinking
it's a bit warm in here.

502
00:25:11,180 --> 00:25:12,472
Haven't noticed it.

503
00:25:12,473 --> 00:25:13,307
Good evening.

504
00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:16,018
Good evening.

505
00:25:16,019 --> 00:25:17,644
Who's that?

506
00:25:17,645 --> 00:25:20,106
Are you sure we're in the right theater?

507
00:25:46,090 --> 00:25:47,050
Hugh?

508
00:25:47,051 --> 00:25:49,009
Hello, Judd. When did you get back?

509
00:25:49,010 --> 00:25:52,095
Yesterday. Croughton
brought me. Nice pilot,

510
00:25:52,096 --> 00:25:53,263
nice pair of hands.

511
00:25:53,264 --> 00:25:54,890
Route to Sydney all organized?

512
00:25:54,891 --> 00:25:55,932
Pretty well.

513
00:25:55,933 --> 00:25:58,101
We don't often see you at the factory.

514
00:25:58,102 --> 00:26:00,270
Just thought I'd come over and have a gab.

515
00:26:00,271 --> 00:26:01,813
How's the new chap, Braddock?

516
00:26:01,814 --> 00:26:04,317
He's pretty good. Doing
a trip as first officer.

517
00:26:05,610 --> 00:26:08,403
I've just been having
a talk with Pickering.

518
00:26:08,404 --> 00:26:10,697
He told me what's been
happening while I've been away.

519
00:26:10,698 --> 00:26:11,991
Oh, yes?

520
00:26:13,451 --> 00:26:15,619
Our company has always
got on pretty well

521
00:26:15,620 --> 00:26:18,747
with Atlas Aviation,
but Pickering's upset.

522
00:26:18,748 --> 00:26:21,708
Yes, I know, about
Gort. Well, he's wrong.

523
00:26:21,709 --> 00:26:23,752
So now Gort's back on the Phoenix route.

524
00:26:23,753 --> 00:26:25,504
Yes, he's done one
flight since his check.

525
00:26:25,505 --> 00:26:28,424
He's on his second now.
What are you worried about?

526
00:26:28,466 --> 00:26:30,509
The route's my pigeon.

527
00:26:30,510 --> 00:26:32,094
And getting competent pilots

528
00:26:32,095 --> 00:26:33,261
for the route is mine.

529
00:26:33,262 --> 00:26:34,846
And Manningham's was to get rid of Gort

530
00:26:34,847 --> 00:26:37,349
or put him back on piston
aircraft without any fuss.

531
00:26:37,350 --> 00:26:40,185
Was it? The chairman told
him to do the sensible thing.

532
00:26:40,186 --> 00:26:43,271
Exactly! To out him, but he didn't.

533
00:26:43,272 --> 00:26:45,440
You know why? He's had a crash himself

534
00:26:45,441 --> 00:26:47,067
and he's an old pal of Gort's.

535
00:26:47,068 --> 00:26:48,111
Manningham's not like that.

536
00:26:48,152 --> 00:26:49,528
He's the reverse, if anything.

537
00:26:49,529 --> 00:26:51,823
Anyhow, I passed Gort, not Manningham.

538
00:26:52,824 --> 00:26:54,450
Do you mind if I use my desk?

539
00:26:56,869 --> 00:26:58,495
You realize what you've
let yourself in for

540
00:26:58,496 --> 00:27:01,123
with Gort loose for another five months.

541
00:27:01,124 --> 00:27:01,958
Look, Clive,

542
00:27:01,959 --> 00:27:03,792
I threw the book at him and
he threw it right back at me,

543
00:27:03,793 --> 00:27:04,876
word perfect.

544
00:27:04,877 --> 00:27:07,921
You can't check everything
in a couple of hours.

545
00:27:07,922 --> 00:27:10,507
How about emergency after
an explosive decompression?

546
00:27:10,508 --> 00:27:11,633
Did you check him on that?

547
00:27:11,634 --> 00:27:12,510
No.

548
00:27:12,511 --> 00:27:14,345
Well, take him up again.

549
00:27:15,221 --> 00:27:17,514
And when he passes, what
then, tell him he's failed?

550
00:27:17,515 --> 00:27:18,807
You seem to think I got something

551
00:27:18,808 --> 00:27:21,268
against George personally. I like him,

552
00:27:21,269 --> 00:27:22,978
but sometimes these
things have to be done.

553
00:27:22,979 --> 00:27:24,980
The competition's getting
stronger all the time.

554
00:27:24,981 --> 00:27:26,898
The Comet, and now the American jets.

555
00:27:26,899 --> 00:27:29,985
My only concern is to get younger men.

556
00:27:29,986 --> 00:27:31,736
I think George is getting past it.

557
00:27:31,737 --> 00:27:32,779
He's a first rate pilot,

558
00:27:32,780 --> 00:27:34,072
but he's too old for the Phoenix.

559
00:27:34,073 --> 00:27:35,448
Before the check, I
would have agreed with you.

560
00:27:35,449 --> 00:27:37,450
But he was so darn good,

561
00:27:37,451 --> 00:27:38,743
I think he's a fine example
to the younger ones.

562
00:27:38,744 --> 00:27:40,037
We need a man like him.

563
00:27:42,373 --> 00:27:43,332
You may be right.

564
00:27:46,002 --> 00:27:47,086
I hope you are.

565
00:27:58,848 --> 00:28:00,308
Okay, it's all yours.

566
00:28:01,559 --> 00:28:02,476
Right, sir.

567
00:28:06,814 --> 00:28:08,148
Hello, what are you doing here?

568
00:28:08,149 --> 00:28:10,317
I switched flights with Jennifer Brett.

569
00:28:31,505 --> 00:28:32,882
I was a door row.

570
00:28:33,799 --> 00:28:36,218
Do you know who took me out
the last time I was here?

571
00:28:36,219 --> 00:28:37,053
No.

572
00:28:37,054 --> 00:28:38,220
Clive Judd.

573
00:28:38,221 --> 00:28:39,471
That surprised you, didn't it?

574
00:28:39,472 --> 00:28:41,681
Surprised me even
more if you enjoyed it.

575
00:28:41,682 --> 00:28:42,974
Well, Judd's a great organizer,

576
00:28:42,975 --> 00:28:45,685
but he's not exactly my
idea of a gay evening out.

577
00:28:45,686 --> 00:28:49,147
Nor mine, really. But it
was a great honor, of course.

578
00:28:49,148 --> 00:28:50,941
Bet he made that quite clear.

579
00:29:18,302 --> 00:29:19,136
Thank you.

580
00:29:20,054 --> 00:29:21,096
It's fun, isn't it?

581
00:29:21,097 --> 00:29:22,181
Yes, I'm enjoying it.

582
00:29:24,100 --> 00:29:26,726
Much better than the
place we went to last time.

583
00:29:26,727 --> 00:29:28,436
You mean where that waiter
tried to pinch your...?

584
00:29:28,437 --> 00:29:30,897
Ah, now, please, Captain Dallas.

585
00:29:30,898 --> 00:29:32,565
You must miss being on the route.

586
00:29:32,566 --> 00:29:35,527
Oh, I don't know, you miss the flying.

587
00:29:35,528 --> 00:29:39,364
It's a bit tiring just circling
the airfield doing checks.

588
00:29:39,365 --> 00:29:41,199
You did the one on
Captain Gort, didn't you?

589
00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:42,450
Yes.

590
00:29:42,451 --> 00:29:45,370
Wasn't it his daughter at
the theater the other night?

591
00:29:45,371 --> 00:29:46,205
Yes.

592
00:29:46,206 --> 00:29:47,580
She's very attractive.

593
00:29:47,581 --> 00:29:48,915
Oh, do you think so?

594
00:29:48,916 --> 00:29:49,750
Don't you?

595
00:29:49,751 --> 00:29:51,876
Well, I hardly know her.

596
00:29:51,877 --> 00:29:53,211
Was it her husband with her?

597
00:29:53,212 --> 00:29:54,797
Good Lord, no. She isn't married.

598
00:29:56,007 --> 00:29:58,091
At least, don't think she is.

599
00:29:58,092 --> 00:29:59,092
That's funny.

600
00:29:59,093 --> 00:30:01,177
I got the impression
you knew her quite well.

601
00:30:01,178 --> 00:30:02,762
And what gave you that idea?

602
00:30:02,763 --> 00:30:06,099
Well, when she arrived,
you seemed so upset.

603
00:30:06,100 --> 00:30:07,851
That's ridiculous.
I've only met her once,

604
00:30:07,852 --> 00:30:09,853
then only for five minutes.

605
00:30:09,854 --> 00:30:10,688
Sorry.

606
00:30:11,772 --> 00:30:13,440
It's all right.

607
00:30:13,441 --> 00:30:15,108
Let's go, shall we?

608
00:30:15,109 --> 00:30:17,277
To the hotel?

609
00:30:17,278 --> 00:30:18,528
Oh, look, Joyce, I'm awfully sorry,

610
00:30:18,529 --> 00:30:20,572
but I'm afraid I'll
have to drop you there.

611
00:30:20,573 --> 00:30:22,742
I promised to have a drink with a chap.

612
00:30:22,783 --> 00:30:23,701
I see.

613
00:30:24,785 --> 00:30:26,996
Something I can't very well get out of.

614
00:30:27,872 --> 00:30:28,956
It's all right, Hugh.

615
00:30:55,733 --> 00:30:57,818
Charlotte, these graphs are out of date.

616
00:30:58,694 --> 00:31:01,404
You haven't entered the
last electricity or the gas.

617
00:31:01,405 --> 00:31:02,781
Oh, dear, I forgot.

618
00:31:02,782 --> 00:31:05,492
How can we keep track if
you don't enter the readings?

619
00:31:05,493 --> 00:31:06,327
Sorry.

620
00:31:06,328 --> 00:31:07,994
They're like the graphs
we keep for the Phoenix.

621
00:31:07,995 --> 00:31:09,537
If we keep check, we know
exactly where we are.

622
00:31:09,538 --> 00:31:11,539
You can't be too careful.

623
00:31:11,540 --> 00:31:14,459
What about this?
Is this being too careful?

624
00:31:14,460 --> 00:31:15,543
I got that in Rome.

625
00:31:15,544 --> 00:31:16,586
It was ridiculously cheap.

626
00:31:16,587 --> 00:31:17,421
Oh, yes.

627
00:31:18,798 --> 00:31:20,173
You're very sweet.

628
00:31:20,174 --> 00:31:21,716
Well, I was gonna get ready.
I'll be late at the airport.

629
00:31:21,717 --> 00:31:23,968
Now, be a good girl and
fill in those graphs.

630
00:31:23,969 --> 00:31:25,470
So that we can keep track?

631
00:31:25,471 --> 00:31:28,140
Get along, or you'll be late, too.

632
00:31:47,326 --> 00:31:50,495
Arrival of
Phoenix flight 139 from Cairo.

633
00:31:50,496 --> 00:31:53,665
Will passengers embarking for Calcutta

634
00:31:53,666 --> 00:31:57,460
please go to the main hall to
collect their baggage checks

635
00:31:57,461 --> 00:32:00,214
and seat reservation? Thank you.

636
00:32:07,096 --> 00:32:09,055
Only half-full, Mr. Robinson.

637
00:32:09,056 --> 00:32:10,890
I do my best for the company, Captain,

638
00:32:10,891 --> 00:32:14,352
but the publicity for the
Phoenix here in Aurangabad...

639
00:32:14,353 --> 00:32:15,437
Hello, there.

640
00:32:15,438 --> 00:32:16,604
Hello, Wes.

641
00:32:16,605 --> 00:32:18,648
Flight plan ready
for signature, Captain.

642
00:32:18,649 --> 00:32:19,858
Your crew look cooked to a ton.

643
00:32:19,859 --> 00:32:21,526
What's the idea? Why
aren't you in tropicals?

644
00:32:21,527 --> 00:32:24,154
My first officer left
his tropical kit at home.

645
00:32:24,155 --> 00:32:26,156
The book says all the crew
have to be dressed alike,

646
00:32:26,157 --> 00:32:27,615
so nothing else.

647
00:32:27,616 --> 00:32:28,492
Yes, yes.

648
00:32:28,493 --> 00:32:29,993
Well, sooner you than me.

649
00:32:29,994 --> 00:32:32,413
You better go before your
navigator catches fire.

650
00:32:36,500 --> 00:32:38,668
The bus is ready to take
you into Aurangabad, Captain.

651
00:32:38,669 --> 00:32:39,503
Oh, thanks.

652
00:32:39,504 --> 00:32:41,839
We'll wait 'til Captain Gort's taken off.

653
00:33:15,873 --> 00:33:16,790
All set?

654
00:33:16,791 --> 00:33:18,083
All set, sir.

655
00:33:30,930 --> 00:33:32,722
Goodbye, and thank you.

656
00:33:32,723 --> 00:33:34,058
Thank you, sir.

657
00:33:41,690 --> 00:33:43,692
Go on, go on. What's wrong with him?

658
00:33:48,155 --> 00:33:50,907
He's not gonna get it off.

659
00:33:59,667 --> 00:34:01,669
All right, Mr. Robinson, let's go.

660
00:34:10,094 --> 00:34:11,178
Mr. Braddock.

661
00:34:14,932 --> 00:34:17,268
Mr. Braddock! Take over.

662
00:34:19,520 --> 00:34:21,145
Looks like a squall.

663
00:34:21,146 --> 00:34:23,314
Those brown ones, they're
the worst, aren't they?

664
00:34:23,315 --> 00:34:24,816
Yes, terrific up-currents.

665
00:34:24,817 --> 00:34:27,110
Tear your wings off at this speed.

666
00:34:27,111 --> 00:34:29,237
That one's nearly over small.

667
00:34:29,238 --> 00:34:30,114
Ah, but at night.

668
00:34:30,115 --> 00:34:31,448
Oh, you get some warning.

669
00:34:32,366 --> 00:34:34,617
10-10 degrees starboard.

670
00:34:34,618 --> 00:34:35,952
Weather boys are good.

671
00:34:35,953 --> 00:34:37,204
They weren't always.

672
00:34:38,038 --> 00:34:40,164
I got into one of those schools once.

673
00:34:40,165 --> 00:34:42,792
Tried to get under it,
went down at 300 feet.

674
00:34:42,793 --> 00:34:43,752
300?

675
00:34:43,753 --> 00:34:45,754
Yeah, but that was 20 years ago.

676
00:34:46,880 --> 00:34:48,507
Well, I'll straight do my rounds now.

677
00:35:09,737 --> 00:35:11,404
Go on, buck up and take these up front.

678
00:35:11,405 --> 00:35:14,116
Otherwise, he'd tell us off
for slow service. You know him.

679
00:35:30,007 --> 00:35:33,509
Well, homeward bound tomorrow.

680
00:35:33,510 --> 00:35:36,596
In a few weeks, the route
will be through to Sydney.

681
00:35:36,597 --> 00:35:37,639
That'll suit you.

682
00:35:38,766 --> 00:35:41,267
Australian beer can wait.
Besides, I found a bar

683
00:35:41,268 --> 00:35:42,728
in London where they sell it.

684
00:35:43,604 --> 00:35:44,729
Well, I'm turning in.

685
00:35:44,730 --> 00:35:45,689
Goodnight.

686
00:35:45,690 --> 00:35:46,690
Goodnight.

687
00:36:00,204 --> 00:36:01,245
Coder beacon.

688
00:36:01,246 --> 00:36:02,623
All right, I'll take over.

689
00:36:03,749 --> 00:36:05,917
We're clear to descend from here.

690
00:36:05,918 --> 00:36:08,212
Estimating Aurangabad
in just over the hour.

691
00:36:13,550 --> 00:36:15,260
27,000.

692
00:36:19,431 --> 00:36:21,265
Here's the layer cloud Calcutta reported.

693
00:36:21,266 --> 00:36:22,601
Yes, I see it.

694
00:36:39,493 --> 00:36:42,454
Should be through this stuff
by now, if it is layer cloud.

695
00:36:43,455 --> 00:36:46,834
The outside temperature's
nearly zero Centigrade.

696
00:36:48,043 --> 00:36:49,253
Seatbelt lights.

697
00:36:51,255 --> 00:36:53,923
Would you mind fastening
your seatbelt, please?

698
00:36:53,924 --> 00:36:54,758
Thank you.

699
00:36:56,927 --> 00:36:57,928
21,000.

700
00:37:01,265 --> 00:37:03,016
Bit more to this than they reckoned.

701
00:37:06,645 --> 00:37:09,022
Hailstones! Look at the size of them!

702
00:37:15,195 --> 00:37:16,029
Air brakes.

703
00:37:16,864 --> 00:37:18,741
- Air brakes!
- Giving 'em to you!

704
00:37:34,548 --> 00:37:36,133
Through the hail.

705
00:37:42,723 --> 00:37:46,142
Got to slow down. Wings
will be off in a minute.

706
00:37:46,143 --> 00:37:48,937
Have to climb, lose speed quickly.

707
00:37:50,147 --> 00:37:51,314
Watch out!

708
00:38:05,162 --> 00:38:06,079
220...

709
00:38:07,122 --> 00:38:08,332
210...

710
00:38:10,834 --> 00:38:13,337
190...

711
00:38:14,546 --> 00:38:15,672
Full flap.

712
00:38:18,050 --> 00:38:18,884
Full flap!

713
00:38:23,305 --> 00:38:27,683
Good. Lower the undercarriage at 155.

714
00:38:27,684 --> 00:38:28,810
Now?

715
00:38:28,811 --> 00:38:31,395
155. Wait for it.

716
00:38:31,396 --> 00:38:33,816
Oxygen, where's the oxygen?

717
00:38:36,819 --> 00:38:38,654
Try and hold out, boy.

718
00:38:42,950 --> 00:38:44,534
Are you all right, sir?

719
00:38:44,535 --> 00:38:48,037
Yes, but watch me. Going down now.

720
00:38:48,038 --> 00:38:50,748
Lost enough speed.

721
00:39:27,369 --> 00:39:28,912
7000 feet.

722
00:39:32,165 --> 00:39:33,292
Tail level.

723
00:39:36,461 --> 00:39:38,755
Can you shove a cushion in the windscreen?

724
00:39:44,177 --> 00:39:45,845
Do you need any oxygen?

725
00:39:45,846 --> 00:39:47,097
I'll manage.

726
00:39:50,976 --> 00:39:53,270
Keep it there. Won't be long.

727
00:39:55,522 --> 00:39:57,815
I'll have to land from
the right hand seat.

728
00:39:57,816 --> 00:39:59,109
Right.

729
00:40:17,252 --> 00:40:19,378
Paragraph seven.

730
00:40:19,379 --> 00:40:20,922
I'd like to suggest that the straps

731
00:40:20,923 --> 00:40:24,300
of the crew's oxygen masks
should be strengthened.

732
00:40:24,301 --> 00:40:25,843
Paragraph eight.

733
00:40:25,844 --> 00:40:30,556
The crew's oxygen masks,
route maps, charts, books,

734
00:40:30,557 --> 00:40:33,559
and some personal equipment
have been written off.

735
00:40:33,560 --> 00:40:36,354
Form 3652A.

736
00:40:36,355 --> 00:40:37,188
Yes, Captain.

737
00:40:37,189 --> 00:40:38,023
Well, that's all.

738
00:40:38,024 --> 00:40:40,067
You have it typed out,
I'll read and sign it.

739
00:40:41,151 --> 00:40:42,401
Passengers got to the hotel?

740
00:40:42,402 --> 00:40:43,402
Yes, Captain.

741
00:40:43,403 --> 00:40:44,403
Good.

742
00:40:44,404 --> 00:40:46,072
Well, tell your maintenance
men not to say anything

743
00:40:46,073 --> 00:40:47,657
about this broken windscreen.

744
00:40:47,658 --> 00:40:48,492
I will, sir.

745
00:40:48,493 --> 00:40:51,661
Nobody'd believe those
hailstones who hadn't seen them.

746
00:40:51,662 --> 00:40:54,497
Don't want anybody to get a
wrong idea of the Phoenix.

747
00:40:54,498 --> 00:40:56,832
Give a dog a bad name, you know?

748
00:40:56,833 --> 00:40:58,709
I understand, Captain.

749
00:40:58,710 --> 00:40:59,752
Goodnight.

750
00:40:59,753 --> 00:41:01,629
Goodnight, sir.

751
00:41:12,099 --> 00:41:14,642
It was the bouncing
that I found so trying.

752
00:41:14,643 --> 00:41:16,936
I must have traveled 50,000 miles by air,

753
00:41:16,937 --> 00:41:18,896
but I've never met conditions like it.

754
00:41:18,897 --> 00:41:20,564
Here's our captain. Hello, Captain.

755
00:41:20,565 --> 00:41:22,442
I thought you'd all be in bed by now.

756
00:41:23,360 --> 00:41:24,860
How are you now, Mrs. Wright?

757
00:41:24,861 --> 00:41:26,529
What about you, Sir Henry?

758
00:41:26,530 --> 00:41:28,447
Oh, we've been talking like mad.

759
00:41:28,448 --> 00:41:30,449
Exchanging symptoms, you know.

760
00:41:30,450 --> 00:41:33,202
It was a pressurization
failure you say, Captain?

761
00:41:33,203 --> 00:41:34,286
That's right, yes.

762
00:41:34,287 --> 00:41:36,747
Freak storm. Tremendous hailstones.

763
00:41:36,748 --> 00:41:38,791
It was very disquieting at the back.

764
00:41:38,792 --> 00:41:41,293
My lungs are not what
they were, I'm afraid.

765
00:41:41,294 --> 00:41:42,963
Well, it wasn't too good for it.

766
00:41:43,005 --> 00:41:45,798
You use up an awful lot of
energy in a storm like that.

767
00:41:45,799 --> 00:41:48,259
At that height, there's
not very much oxygen.

768
00:41:48,260 --> 00:41:51,137
Captain, we met somewhere
before. I know your face.

769
00:41:51,138 --> 00:41:52,638
Now, where, where was it?

770
00:41:52,639 --> 00:41:54,432
Well, I've been flying
all over the world

771
00:41:54,433 --> 00:41:56,475
for quite some time, Mrs. Wright.

772
00:41:56,476 --> 00:42:00,187
I suppose you'd call that
sort of thing an air quake, eh?

773
00:42:01,149 --> 00:42:03,315
Very good words, sir.
Well, if you'll excuse me,

774
00:42:03,316 --> 00:42:04,734
I think I'll turn in now.

775
00:42:04,735 --> 00:42:05,901
We have a whole day here tomorrow

776
00:42:05,902 --> 00:42:08,864
while they check pressurization
before I take you on again...

777
00:42:10,282 --> 00:42:11,866
if you still want to come with me.

778
00:42:11,867 --> 00:42:14,285
Oh, why, certainly.
Why, all the passengers

779
00:42:14,286 --> 00:42:16,287
were singing your praises
all through dinner.

780
00:42:16,288 --> 00:42:17,413
Wait a minute.

781
00:42:17,414 --> 00:42:20,499
Captain, you did something
terribly brave before.

782
00:42:20,500 --> 00:42:22,334
That's right. We hadn't met.

783
00:42:22,335 --> 00:42:24,420
I've seen a photograph in the papers.

784
00:42:24,421 --> 00:42:27,131
No, I think you're confusing
me with someone else.

785
00:42:27,132 --> 00:42:28,257
Yes.

786
00:42:28,258 --> 00:42:29,759
Well, if you'll excuse me now.

787
00:42:29,760 --> 00:42:31,218
Hope you all sleep well.

788
00:42:31,219 --> 00:42:32,511
Good night.

789
00:42:32,512 --> 00:42:33,721
Good night.

790
00:42:33,722 --> 00:42:34,722
Cigars?

791
00:42:34,723 --> 00:42:36,600
Oh, thank you very much.

792
00:42:36,641 --> 00:42:38,935
I'm sure it was something
here in Aurangabad.

793
00:42:49,404 --> 00:42:51,448
Hello? Speaking, yes.

794
00:42:54,242 --> 00:42:55,327
Cancellations?

795
00:42:56,244 --> 00:42:58,080
But why? What's the matter with them all?

796
00:42:59,790 --> 00:43:01,166
Oh, I see.

797
00:43:02,709 --> 00:43:07,004
Very well. I'll try to get
them onto Air India. Names?

798
00:43:07,005 --> 00:43:09,674
Ms. Wright, Mr. Drinkwater.

799
00:43:26,233 --> 00:43:27,192
Edward?

800
00:43:27,234 --> 00:43:29,361
Hello, Nigel. Go on in.

801
00:43:33,990 --> 00:43:35,574
Sit down.

802
00:43:38,537 --> 00:43:40,746
How are things at the factory?

803
00:43:40,747 --> 00:43:42,581
I came to let you know
there's going to be a delay

804
00:43:42,582 --> 00:43:44,792
in delivering the Phoenix mark two.

805
00:43:44,793 --> 00:43:46,502
Oh? Why?

806
00:43:46,503 --> 00:43:48,796
Modifications, improvements.

807
00:43:48,797 --> 00:43:51,507
Such as strengthening the windscreen?

808
00:43:51,508 --> 00:43:52,591
What? Oh, that.

809
00:43:52,592 --> 00:43:54,009
Yes, I read it.

810
00:43:54,010 --> 00:43:57,555
Hail at that height... Can't
guard against everything.

811
00:43:57,556 --> 00:43:58,806
Still, you'd have to admit that Gort

812
00:43:58,807 --> 00:44:00,099
put up a very good show.

813
00:44:00,100 --> 00:44:02,560
A less experienced man would've
tried to bring her down

814
00:44:02,561 --> 00:44:03,853
too quickly and torn the wings off.

815
00:44:03,854 --> 00:44:05,397
He followed the book exactly.

816
00:44:08,024 --> 00:44:10,818
Anyway, he proved how
strong the Phoenix is.

817
00:44:10,819 --> 00:44:12,279
We knew that already.

818
00:44:13,363 --> 00:44:16,240
Ah, how long's this delay?

819
00:44:16,241 --> 00:44:17,700
Three, four months.

820
00:44:17,701 --> 00:44:20,494
Your training program will
have to wait, I'm sorry.

821
00:44:20,495 --> 00:44:21,537
Oh, talking about training,

822
00:44:21,538 --> 00:44:23,622
there's another thing: Dallas.

823
00:44:23,623 --> 00:44:24,624
What about him?

824
00:44:25,542 --> 00:44:26,917
Don't want to sound inhospitable,

825
00:44:26,918 --> 00:44:29,170
but we need the room he's been using.

826
00:44:29,171 --> 00:44:30,838
We're very busy over there.

827
00:44:30,839 --> 00:44:32,299
On the modifications?

828
00:44:33,300 --> 00:44:34,718
Yes, among other things.

829
00:44:36,052 --> 00:44:38,762
Thank your stars you're not a designer.

830
00:44:38,763 --> 00:44:40,639
You get an idea, you work like hell,

831
00:44:40,640 --> 00:44:42,224
you involve yourself
and thousands of others

832
00:44:42,225 --> 00:44:43,809
in a project costing millions.

833
00:44:43,810 --> 00:44:45,352
Yes, yes, of course.

834
00:44:45,353 --> 00:44:47,354
But this delay is going to ruin our plans,

835
00:44:47,355 --> 00:44:49,064
quite apart from the publicity campaign.

836
00:44:49,065 --> 00:44:50,775
Sorry, can't help that.

837
00:44:51,902 --> 00:44:53,944
We have our difficulties, you know.

838
00:44:53,945 --> 00:44:54,988
So do we.

839
00:44:56,657 --> 00:45:01,077
Morning. Thank you.

840
00:45:03,330 --> 00:45:04,496
Hello, George.

841
00:45:04,497 --> 00:45:05,457
Hello.

842
00:45:05,458 --> 00:45:07,499
Hear you had a rough trip.

843
00:45:07,500 --> 00:45:09,043
Just one of those things.

844
00:45:09,044 --> 00:45:10,462
Must've livened things up for you.

845
00:45:10,503 --> 00:45:11,754
Worry the passengers much?

846
00:45:11,755 --> 00:45:14,966
Few of the older ones, but
they were well-looked after.

847
00:45:15,967 --> 00:45:18,386
Had a good crew. Makes all the difference.

848
00:45:19,304 --> 00:45:20,512
You busy these days?

849
00:45:20,513 --> 00:45:22,181
Yes, I'm moving over here from Atlas.

850
00:45:22,182 --> 00:45:24,016
The training schedule's
postponed for a while.

851
00:45:24,017 --> 00:45:25,309
No aircraft.

852
00:45:25,310 --> 00:45:26,144
Oh, then you'd be able to come

853
00:45:26,145 --> 00:45:28,687
and have that meal with us one evening.

854
00:45:28,688 --> 00:45:29,731
Yes, of course.

855
00:45:35,445 --> 00:45:36,278
Hello.

856
00:45:36,279 --> 00:45:37,155
Good evening.

857
00:45:37,156 --> 00:45:38,155
Come in.

858
00:45:38,156 --> 00:45:38,990
Thank you.

859
00:45:40,700 --> 00:45:42,326
I'm afraid father's not back yet.

860
00:45:44,120 --> 00:45:46,747
Won't you sit down? I think
that's the most comfortable.

861
00:45:46,748 --> 00:45:47,666
Thank you.

862
00:45:47,667 --> 00:45:50,251
Let me get you a drink.
Would you like gin or sherry?

863
00:45:50,252 --> 00:45:51,377
You got any beer?

864
00:45:51,378 --> 00:45:52,211
Yes.

865
00:45:52,212 --> 00:45:53,128
I'll give you a hand.

866
00:45:53,129 --> 00:45:53,964
No, don't bother.

867
00:45:53,965 --> 00:45:55,590
Sit down, I won't be a moment.

868
00:46:03,723 --> 00:46:05,808
Been to the theater much lately?

869
00:46:05,809 --> 00:46:06,809
What?

870
00:46:06,810 --> 00:46:10,272
Oh... No, not a great deal.

871
00:46:10,313 --> 00:46:12,064
Lucky they managed to change the tickets

872
00:46:12,065 --> 00:46:13,816
at such short notice.

873
00:46:13,817 --> 00:46:15,485
Yes, wasn't it?

874
00:46:16,736 --> 00:46:17,988
Oh, let me do that.

875
00:46:20,240 --> 00:46:22,199
Quite a mix-up, isn't it?

876
00:46:22,200 --> 00:46:23,409
What?

877
00:46:23,410 --> 00:46:25,536
All this.

878
00:46:25,537 --> 00:46:28,414
Oh, the room. Oh, I
think it's very nice.

879
00:46:28,415 --> 00:46:30,916
Souvenirs of 30 years flying.

880
00:46:30,917 --> 00:46:32,668
He always brings something back.

881
00:46:32,669 --> 00:46:35,462
This time I hear it's a
commendation from the company.

882
00:46:35,463 --> 00:46:36,298
Yes.

883
00:46:37,173 --> 00:46:38,133
Isn't he pleased?

884
00:46:39,175 --> 00:46:41,051
He didn't say much about it.

885
00:46:41,052 --> 00:46:43,095
They've only ever been
about four, you know.

886
00:46:43,096 --> 00:46:44,221
Yes, I believe the last time

887
00:46:44,222 --> 00:46:47,224
was when an elephant got
loose in a freighter.

888
00:46:47,225 --> 00:46:49,728
Anyway, he must be glad
to be back on the route.

889
00:46:51,271 --> 00:46:54,231
Did you know they'd
offered him a ground job?

890
00:46:54,232 --> 00:46:56,108
Ground job? What kind of a job?

891
00:46:56,109 --> 00:46:59,278
Operations advisor at headquarters.

892
00:46:59,279 --> 00:47:01,280
It's more money, I believe.

893
00:47:01,281 --> 00:47:03,073
You don't mean to say he's taken it.

894
00:47:03,074 --> 00:47:05,451
No, he turned it down.

895
00:47:05,452 --> 00:47:07,661
I'm glad, so would I.

896
00:47:07,662 --> 00:47:09,372
You don't really mean that.

897
00:47:10,248 --> 00:47:11,457
Why not?

898
00:47:11,458 --> 00:47:13,876
Well, it was you who
wanted him off the Phoenix.

899
00:47:13,877 --> 00:47:15,045
Who told you that?

900
00:47:15,879 --> 00:47:20,632
You did, the first time
we met at the inquiry.

901
00:47:20,633 --> 00:47:22,051
Have you forgotten?

902
00:47:22,052 --> 00:47:23,385
Oh, look, Charlotte...

903
00:47:23,386 --> 00:47:26,472
Well, we've never really had
a chance to talk about this.

904
00:47:26,473 --> 00:47:27,890
I'm sorry I said so much.

905
00:47:27,891 --> 00:47:29,975
To me or to the court?

906
00:47:29,976 --> 00:47:30,894
Well, to you, of course.

907
00:47:30,895 --> 00:47:32,895
I didn't know you were George's daughter.

908
00:47:32,896 --> 00:47:34,938
What I said to the court
doesn't really concern you.

909
00:47:34,939 --> 00:47:36,273
I think it does.

910
00:47:36,274 --> 00:47:38,984
It was your evidence that
helped to get father blamed.

911
00:47:38,985 --> 00:47:40,402
Oh, just a minute.

912
00:47:40,403 --> 00:47:42,905
Who was it passed him fit
to go back on the route?

913
00:47:42,906 --> 00:47:43,740
I did.

914
00:47:43,741 --> 00:47:44,823
He was reprimanded.

915
00:47:44,824 --> 00:47:46,367
That can't be wiped out by a check flight.

916
00:47:46,368 --> 00:47:48,243
They only brought in pilot error.

917
00:47:48,244 --> 00:47:50,412
Only! It could hardly
be worse, could it?

918
00:47:50,413 --> 00:47:51,830
Yes, it could have been negligence,

919
00:47:51,831 --> 00:47:53,332
which is a damn sight worse.

920
00:47:53,333 --> 00:47:56,085
All that pilot error means is
that in a certain situation,

921
00:47:56,086 --> 00:47:57,961
your father didn't do
quite the right thing.

922
00:47:57,962 --> 00:47:59,296
That's not true.

923
00:47:59,297 --> 00:48:01,423
I know father would
always do the right thing.

924
00:48:01,424 --> 00:48:02,592
You're not a pilot.

925
00:48:02,634 --> 00:48:04,551
You don't know what the
hell you're talking about.

926
00:48:04,552 --> 00:48:05,552
I know this much.

927
00:48:05,553 --> 00:48:07,054
You all wanted him blamed,

928
00:48:07,055 --> 00:48:08,931
anything, as long as it
wasn't your precious Phoenix.

929
00:48:08,932 --> 00:48:10,391
Oh, now you are talking nonsense.

930
00:48:10,392 --> 00:48:11,642
And now you'll pretend you're glad

931
00:48:11,643 --> 00:48:12,810
he turned down the ground job.

932
00:48:12,811 --> 00:48:13,686
Listen to me, Charlotte.

933
00:48:13,687 --> 00:48:16,063
I'm surprised you can come here.

934
00:48:16,064 --> 00:48:16,898
Are you?

935
00:48:23,571 --> 00:48:27,157
Hello, Hugh. Charlotte
been making you feel at home?

936
00:48:27,158 --> 00:48:28,910
Yes, completely.

937
00:48:39,379 --> 00:48:40,255
Anyway, I'm not kidding.

938
00:48:40,256 --> 00:48:43,340
It is Gort. Oh, come on, Mitchell.

939
00:48:43,341 --> 00:48:45,217
He's all right.

940
00:48:45,218 --> 00:48:46,343
Every time I look at that roster,

941
00:48:46,344 --> 00:48:47,928
I pray it won't be Captain Gort.

942
00:48:47,929 --> 00:48:50,098
Morning, Mr. Minty, Ms. Mitchell.

943
00:48:51,850 --> 00:48:53,600
He heard you.

944
00:48:53,601 --> 00:48:54,436
He didn't.

945
00:48:54,437 --> 00:48:55,520
He did, you know.

946
00:48:56,855 --> 00:48:58,230
All right, perhaps he didn't.

947
00:48:58,231 --> 00:49:00,108
Now, come on, snap out of it.

948
00:49:01,234 --> 00:49:03,444
Hello, what's the matter with you?

949
00:49:03,445 --> 00:49:04,529
Nothing.

950
00:49:25,925 --> 00:49:28,218
Evening. Give me a nice lager, please.

951
00:49:28,219 --> 00:49:30,137
Hello, George.

952
00:49:30,138 --> 00:49:31,181
Well, hello, Judd.

953
00:49:32,140 --> 00:49:34,183
Bring it here, would you?

954
00:49:34,184 --> 00:49:36,226
I thought this flight was Croughton's?

955
00:49:36,227 --> 00:49:38,520
He went sick so they asked me.

956
00:49:38,521 --> 00:49:39,938
They always seem to ask you, don't they?

957
00:49:39,939 --> 00:49:42,399
Well, it only meant to coming
out a couple days earlier.

958
00:49:42,400 --> 00:49:44,401
Nice to see you, anyway.

959
00:49:44,402 --> 00:49:45,236
Have a good trip?

960
00:49:45,237 --> 00:49:46,820
Very good. Thanks.

961
00:49:46,821 --> 00:49:48,864
You must be tired.

962
00:49:48,865 --> 00:49:51,617
No more than anyone
else after 4,000 miles.

963
00:49:51,618 --> 00:49:52,911
Of course.

964
00:49:53,870 --> 00:49:55,245
Been here long?

965
00:49:55,246 --> 00:49:57,332
I came yesterday with Bateson.

966
00:49:58,249 --> 00:50:00,292
I'm on this route checking business.

967
00:50:00,293 --> 00:50:01,293
What's that?

968
00:50:01,294 --> 00:50:03,253
Oh, it's a new bee
in the official bonnet.

969
00:50:03,254 --> 00:50:04,713
Making sure the boys down the line

970
00:50:04,714 --> 00:50:06,632
fly according to the book.

971
00:50:06,633 --> 00:50:10,344
Well, I didn't know you had
any instructional experience.

972
00:50:10,345 --> 00:50:13,055
I'm not instructing, I'm just checking.

973
00:50:13,056 --> 00:50:14,474
Be coming with you tomorrow.

974
00:50:15,433 --> 00:50:16,768
Checking me, you mean.

975
00:50:17,727 --> 00:50:20,771
Don't glare at me, George.
It's nothing serious.

976
00:50:20,772 --> 00:50:23,232
This business is pure formality for you.

977
00:50:23,233 --> 00:50:24,816
We'll have a good yarn together
then you can buy me a drink

978
00:50:24,817 --> 00:50:26,777
in Singapore. See you tomorrow.

979
00:50:26,778 --> 00:50:28,404
Got a date. 'Night, old chap.

980
00:50:34,244 --> 00:50:35,077
Goodnight.

981
00:50:35,078 --> 00:50:35,912
Goodnight.

982
00:50:35,913 --> 00:50:36,913
Goodnight.

983
00:50:39,290 --> 00:50:40,874
Well, that's that.

984
00:50:40,875 --> 00:50:42,084
You did very well.

985
00:50:42,085 --> 00:50:44,294
Mrs. Only looked rather heavy-going to me.

986
00:50:44,295 --> 00:50:45,671
She was.

987
00:50:45,672 --> 00:50:46,880
What does Mr. Only do, Clive?

988
00:50:46,881 --> 00:50:50,175
He's boss of Synd Airways.
We may do business with him.

989
00:50:50,176 --> 00:50:51,677
Bit of luck you were on this flight.

990
00:50:51,678 --> 00:50:53,470
Three's an awkward number.

991
00:50:53,471 --> 00:50:54,555
You've been a great help.

992
00:50:54,556 --> 00:50:55,390
I'm glad.

993
00:50:56,808 --> 00:50:59,851
I expect the crews take
about quite a bit, huh?

994
00:50:59,852 --> 00:51:00,978
Not much.

995
00:51:00,979 --> 00:51:02,271
But you have a good time on the route.

996
00:51:02,272 --> 00:51:04,565
I mean, you're well-looked
after, aren't you?

997
00:51:04,566 --> 00:51:05,400
Oh, yeah.

998
00:51:05,401 --> 00:51:07,609
Well, you ought to be
happy, flying on the Phoenix.

999
00:51:07,610 --> 00:51:09,945
Well, that rather
depends on our captain.

1000
00:51:09,946 --> 00:51:11,989
I mean in the air.

1001
00:51:11,990 --> 00:51:13,324
I mean in the air, too.

1002
00:51:14,367 --> 00:51:16,285
Oh, by the way, I'll be
coming with you tomorrow.

1003
00:51:16,286 --> 00:51:19,079
You? Oh, I am glad.

1004
00:51:19,080 --> 00:51:21,832
As glad as all that? Why?

1005
00:51:21,833 --> 00:51:26,045
Well, if you come, you'll be
able to keep an eye on things.

1006
00:51:27,630 --> 00:51:29,715
Because Captain Gort
happened to have an accident,

1007
00:51:29,716 --> 00:51:32,468
stewardesses shouldn't jump to
conclusions about his flying.

1008
00:51:33,928 --> 00:51:35,013
I'm sorry.

1009
00:51:36,306 --> 00:51:38,682
You asked me and I told you.

1010
00:51:38,683 --> 00:51:40,851
I just have a feeling that
whenever Captain Gort's flying,

1011
00:51:40,852 --> 00:51:41,811
something's going to happen.

1012
00:51:41,812 --> 00:51:43,186
Then you forget it, it won't.

1013
00:51:43,187 --> 00:51:45,188
But after a crash like
that, how can you be sure?

1014
00:51:45,189 --> 00:51:46,607
Because he had a very thorough check

1015
00:51:46,608 --> 00:51:48,192
before coming back on the route.

1016
00:51:49,402 --> 00:51:50,361
By Hugh Dallas?

1017
00:51:50,362 --> 00:51:51,529
Of course. Why not?

1018
00:51:52,697 --> 00:51:54,656
Just that it must have
been difficult for him.

1019
00:51:54,657 --> 00:51:55,617
Difficult?

1020
00:51:56,868 --> 00:51:58,619
I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that.

1021
00:51:58,620 --> 00:51:59,495
Maybe we ought to go...

1022
00:51:59,496 --> 00:52:00,537
No, wait a minute.

1023
00:52:00,538 --> 00:52:02,331
Why should it be difficult?

1024
00:52:02,332 --> 00:52:03,999
Well, he couldn't very well fail him.

1025
00:52:04,000 --> 00:52:06,294
Of course we could. What
was there to stop him?

1026
00:52:07,253 --> 00:52:09,254
Captain Gort's daughter.

1027
00:52:09,255 --> 00:52:12,717
Gort's daughter? What's the
tie-up between her and Dallas?

1028
00:52:13,801 --> 00:52:15,469
I'm not sure, exactly.

1029
00:52:15,470 --> 00:52:17,721
All I know is that we went
to the theater one night.

1030
00:52:17,722 --> 00:52:20,808
She came and sat behind us
and he seemed quite upset.

1031
00:52:21,684 --> 00:52:24,019
Upset? How do you mean?

1032
00:52:24,020 --> 00:52:26,481
Well, nervous, not at all like himself.

1033
00:52:27,357 --> 00:52:28,815
And then in the interval,
she came into the bar

1034
00:52:28,816 --> 00:52:29,776
and he rushed me out

1035
00:52:29,777 --> 00:52:31,735
before we had time to finish our drinks.

1036
00:52:31,736 --> 00:52:32,737
I see.

1037
00:52:34,238 --> 00:52:36,324
Look, Clive, that's
between us, isn't it?

1038
00:52:37,283 --> 00:52:39,534
I expect you're right about Captain Gort.

1039
00:52:39,535 --> 00:52:41,662
I'm probably being silly.

1040
00:52:41,663 --> 00:52:44,873
Oh, not at all. Don't worry about it.

1041
00:52:44,874 --> 00:52:47,085
Let's have another of these. Sir?

1042
00:52:52,382 --> 00:52:54,341
Flight plan's ready
for signing, Captain.

1043
00:52:54,342 --> 00:52:56,134
This is Captain Gort's flight, not mine.

1044
00:52:56,135 --> 00:52:57,512
Take it to him.

1045
00:52:58,554 --> 00:53:00,430
What's the on-stick speed from the graph?

1046
00:53:00,431 --> 00:53:02,349
We're pretty heavy, sir, 114 knots.

1047
00:53:02,350 --> 00:53:03,851
Captain Gort's just checked.

1048
00:53:07,146 --> 00:53:08,980
Weather's pretty stinking low down, sir,

1049
00:53:08,981 --> 00:53:10,399
but clear at 9,000.

1050
00:53:10,400 --> 00:53:12,819
Report that to your
captain, Mr. Williams.

1051
00:53:17,407 --> 00:53:19,282
114. Right?

1052
00:53:19,283 --> 00:53:20,451
Yes.

1053
00:53:22,120 --> 00:53:24,747
George, mind if I do the takeoff?

1054
00:53:25,665 --> 00:53:26,499
If you want to.

1055
00:53:26,500 --> 00:53:27,708
I'm doing so much office work,

1056
00:53:27,709 --> 00:53:29,376
I haven't been getting
much practice lately.

1057
00:53:29,377 --> 00:53:31,002
35 embarking here, sir.

1058
00:53:31,003 --> 00:53:32,337
Business is stepping up.

1059
00:53:32,338 --> 00:53:34,047
Let's wait till we get a full load,

1060
00:53:34,048 --> 00:53:36,259
then we really have
something to shout about.

1061
00:54:07,290 --> 00:54:09,459
Victor Metro, roger out.

1062
00:54:22,472 --> 00:54:23,847
That's all very well,

1063
00:54:23,848 --> 00:54:25,098
but wait until we have a full load,

1064
00:54:25,099 --> 00:54:27,059
then we'll something to shout about.

1065
00:54:45,787 --> 00:54:46,996
114.

1066
00:55:01,969 --> 00:55:06,933
Victor Metro, altimeter 1006 millibars.

1067
00:55:07,016 --> 00:55:09,684
Visibility, two miles in rain.

1068
00:55:09,685 --> 00:55:12,437
Wind, northerly 17.

1069
00:55:12,438 --> 00:55:14,439
Runway 33.

1070
00:55:14,440 --> 00:55:16,566
Runway 33, thank you.

1071
00:55:16,567 --> 00:55:18,527
You mind if I stay up
front to watch the landing?

1072
00:55:18,528 --> 00:55:19,569
No.

1073
00:55:19,570 --> 00:55:22,781
Mr. Williams, let Captain
Braddock have your seat, will you?

1074
00:55:22,782 --> 00:55:24,199
Runway 33.

1075
00:55:24,200 --> 00:55:25,242
That's a short one.

1076
00:55:25,243 --> 00:55:26,493
Yes.

1077
00:55:26,494 --> 00:55:27,661
Ever landed on it before?

1078
00:55:27,662 --> 00:55:28,663
No.

1079
00:55:28,704 --> 00:55:30,872
So, wouldn't you prefer the long one?

1080
00:55:30,873 --> 00:55:32,834
No, too much crosswind.

1081
00:55:34,335 --> 00:55:39,340
Runway 33's very short.
It's only 1600 yards.

1082
00:55:39,799 --> 00:55:41,424
All right for a piston engine aircraft,

1083
00:55:41,425 --> 00:55:42,509
not long for a Phoenix.

1084
00:55:42,510 --> 00:55:44,512
With this wind, long enough.

1085
00:55:46,055 --> 00:55:47,264
You're the captain.

1086
00:55:47,265 --> 00:55:48,683
Field approach check.

1087
00:55:50,184 --> 00:55:51,894
Altimeter, set.

1088
00:55:53,813 --> 00:55:54,939
Brakes, check.

1089
00:55:56,023 --> 00:55:57,316
Cabin signs.

1090
00:56:00,611 --> 00:56:01,445
Thank you.

1091
00:56:04,699 --> 00:56:05,532
Relax, dear.

1092
00:56:05,533 --> 00:56:06,325
Oh, shut up.

1093
00:56:09,161 --> 00:56:10,413
Runway ahead.

1094
00:56:13,207 --> 00:56:15,709
You're a bit high, aren't you?

1095
00:56:15,710 --> 00:56:18,004
The runway is short, don't forget.

1096
00:56:26,888 --> 00:56:28,306
Watch your speed.

1097
00:56:30,141 --> 00:56:31,267
6,000.

1098
00:56:35,313 --> 00:56:37,147
Shall I give it 80 percent flap?

1099
00:56:37,148 --> 00:56:38,357
Not yet.

1100
00:57:08,387 --> 00:57:11,431
Nice landing. A bit low
on the approach, there.

1101
00:57:11,432 --> 00:57:13,975
Low? Surprised me.

1102
00:57:13,976 --> 00:57:16,145
You were in a hell of a hurry
to get those flaps down.

1103
00:57:35,331 --> 00:57:38,458
George, you were too low.

1104
00:57:38,459 --> 00:57:39,834
They found this around the port wheel.

1105
00:57:39,835 --> 00:57:41,837
Looks like we hit the hedge coming in.

1106
00:57:46,968 --> 00:57:48,135
Come in.

1107
00:57:50,179 --> 00:57:53,598
Oh, hello. I thought
you were down the route,

1108
00:57:53,599 --> 00:57:55,058
in Asia somewhere.

1109
00:57:55,059 --> 00:57:56,852
I just came in, on Victor Metro.

1110
00:57:57,770 --> 00:57:58,979
Back early, aren't you?

1111
00:57:58,980 --> 00:58:00,481
Yes, for a reason.

1112
00:58:01,565 --> 00:58:03,984
You know I went out to check
pilot operation on the route.

1113
00:58:03,985 --> 00:58:05,777
I had a memo about it.

1114
00:58:05,778 --> 00:58:09,239
Well, I checked Bateson.
He's okay. Then Gort.

1115
00:58:09,240 --> 00:58:11,366
Not too good, I'm afraid.

1116
00:58:11,367 --> 00:58:12,785
Oh? In what way?

1117
00:58:13,661 --> 00:58:16,287
Just unsatisfactory.

1118
00:58:16,288 --> 00:58:17,748
Can't you be more specific?

1119
00:58:19,667 --> 00:58:21,710
He came in too low at Calcutta.

1120
00:58:21,711 --> 00:58:23,420
He was lucky to get away with it.

1121
00:58:23,421 --> 00:58:26,715
So you feel he should
be suspended, is that it?

1122
00:58:26,716 --> 00:58:28,341
Oh, well, of course
that's for you to say.

1123
00:58:28,342 --> 00:58:30,135
I wouldn't want to...

1124
00:58:30,136 --> 00:58:31,721
Here we go again.

1125
00:58:34,181 --> 00:58:36,975
He's not due out until a week tomorrow.

1126
00:58:36,976 --> 00:58:39,477
That gives us eight days to sort it out.

1127
00:58:39,478 --> 00:58:42,147
Dallas has just moved in over here.

1128
00:58:42,148 --> 00:58:44,567
Let's see what he has to say.

1129
00:58:48,738 --> 00:58:49,821
Settling in.

1130
00:58:49,822 --> 00:58:53,074
Well, it's rough and
ready, but it's home.

1131
00:58:53,075 --> 00:58:53,993
Hello.

1132
00:58:53,994 --> 00:58:55,243
Hello, Hugh.

1133
00:58:55,244 --> 00:58:56,244
There's been a bit of trouble

1134
00:58:56,245 --> 00:58:58,580
about George Gort down the route.

1135
00:58:58,581 --> 00:58:59,914
What happened?

1136
00:58:59,915 --> 00:59:02,250
Well, nothing's happened yet,

1137
00:59:02,251 --> 00:59:03,877
but I did a check on him.

1138
00:59:03,878 --> 00:59:06,796
And found him unsatisfactory, naturally.

1139
00:59:06,797 --> 00:59:07,881
Right.

1140
00:59:07,882 --> 00:59:10,008
Well, that's what you wanted, isn't it?

1141
00:59:10,009 --> 00:59:13,720
Look, Hugh, we're all in this together.

1142
00:59:13,721 --> 00:59:15,847
George is on the Phoenix
with your blessing.

1143
00:59:15,848 --> 00:59:17,390
Exactly.

1144
00:59:17,391 --> 00:59:19,642
They're all on the
Phoenix with my blessing.

1145
00:59:19,643 --> 00:59:21,436
You passed him satisfactory.

1146
00:59:21,437 --> 00:59:24,272
I still say that he is until
it's proved that he's not.

1147
00:59:24,273 --> 00:59:27,650
Apparently he made a dangerously
low approach at Calcutta.

1148
00:59:27,651 --> 00:59:29,152
Well, who said it was dangerous?

1149
00:59:29,153 --> 00:59:30,653
If he was using the short runway there,

1150
00:59:30,654 --> 00:59:31,863
his approach should have been low.

1151
00:59:31,864 --> 00:59:33,364
He was too low.

1152
00:59:33,365 --> 00:59:36,367
I was in the cockpit with him
and I warned him.

1153
00:59:36,368 --> 00:59:37,869
I wasn't going to show this to anyone,

1154
00:59:37,870 --> 00:59:40,122
but you rather force my hand.

1155
00:59:43,626 --> 00:59:44,918
Where did this come from?

1156
00:59:44,919 --> 00:59:46,795
The hedge at Calcutta.

1157
00:59:46,796 --> 00:59:48,756
They found it around one of the wheels.

1158
01:00:01,435 --> 01:00:02,645
Oh, Braddock?

1159
01:00:03,479 --> 01:00:06,064
I see you've been getting
in some more flight time.

1160
01:00:06,065 --> 01:00:08,900
Yeah, yeah, still as
first officer, though.

1161
01:00:08,901 --> 01:00:11,111
Yes, well, Judd tells
me he thinks it's time

1162
01:00:11,112 --> 01:00:13,655
you took out a Phoenix as
captain. How would you like that?

1163
01:00:13,656 --> 01:00:16,491
Of course, I'll have
to check you out first,

1164
01:00:16,492 --> 01:00:18,827
but that should be all right.

1165
01:00:18,828 --> 01:00:21,997
By the way, weren't you on that
last trip with Captain Gort?

1166
01:00:23,124 --> 01:00:23,958
Yeah.

1167
01:00:24,834 --> 01:00:28,003
He hit the hedge at Calcutta, I'm told.

1168
01:00:28,879 --> 01:00:31,881
Well, bit more to it than that.

1169
01:00:31,882 --> 01:00:34,175
How do you mean? Were you up front?

1170
01:00:34,176 --> 01:00:35,176
Yeah.

1171
01:00:35,177 --> 01:00:36,886
And Judd?

1172
01:00:36,887 --> 01:00:37,887
Yeah.

1173
01:00:37,888 --> 01:00:39,889
Well, come on, what happened?

1174
01:00:39,890 --> 01:00:43,476
Well, Judd wasn't too happy
about using the short runway,

1175
01:00:43,477 --> 01:00:46,063
tried to make Gort change.
That was the first thing.

1176
01:00:47,273 --> 01:00:49,732
Then he went on about being too high.

1177
01:00:49,733 --> 01:00:50,693
Not just telling him, either.

1178
01:00:50,694 --> 01:00:52,694
He put the flaps down
before Gort was ready.

1179
01:00:52,695 --> 01:00:55,530
Well, I mean, it wasn't Gort's fault.

1180
01:00:55,531 --> 01:00:57,490
I will say this for Judd.

1181
01:00:57,491 --> 01:00:58,993
When he found that stuff on the wheel,

1182
01:00:59,034 --> 01:01:00,743
he did say it looks
like "we" hit the hedge,

1183
01:01:00,744 --> 01:01:02,912
so he must have known
it was half his fault.

1184
01:01:02,913 --> 01:01:05,206
I don't know why he was so worried anyway.

1185
01:01:05,207 --> 01:01:07,625
I mean, Gort's about the best of the lot.

1186
01:01:07,626 --> 01:01:09,586
Yeah. Well, thanks.

1187
01:01:09,587 --> 01:01:11,838
I'll let you know about that check.

1188
01:01:11,839 --> 01:01:13,090
Thanks for...

1189
01:01:20,347 --> 01:01:22,223
Been waiting long?

1190
01:01:22,224 --> 01:01:23,850
I went to head office this morning.

1191
01:01:23,851 --> 01:01:25,018
I saw the chairman.

1192
01:01:25,019 --> 01:01:25,853
Oh, yeah?

1193
01:01:25,854 --> 01:01:28,271
Among other things,
we talked about Gort.

1194
01:01:28,272 --> 01:01:29,272
Well?

1195
01:01:29,273 --> 01:01:30,107
I told you there's every chance

1196
01:01:30,108 --> 01:01:32,442
that George accept that job
at headquarters, after all.

1197
01:01:32,443 --> 01:01:35,612
I said I thought he ought
to have another check.

1198
01:01:35,613 --> 01:01:37,906
That's rather for me
to decide, isn't it?

1199
01:01:37,907 --> 01:01:39,617
It was at his suggestion.

1200
01:01:41,243 --> 01:01:44,787
The chairman wants it, I don't
suppose George will object.

1201
01:01:44,788 --> 01:01:45,623
I'm not yet convinced

1202
01:01:45,624 --> 01:01:47,999
that the landing was entirely his fault.

1203
01:01:48,000 --> 01:01:49,876
I think you did it between him.

1204
01:01:49,877 --> 01:01:51,294
Gort was doing the handling.

1205
01:01:51,295 --> 01:01:52,962
You were doing the talking.

1206
01:01:52,963 --> 01:01:54,673
That sounds like Dallas.

1207
01:01:55,674 --> 01:01:56,550
And that reminds me,

1208
01:01:56,551 --> 01:01:58,760
I don't think he should
give Gort this new check.

1209
01:01:58,761 --> 01:02:01,804
I happen to know he's in a
rather difficult position then.

1210
01:02:01,805 --> 01:02:02,640
How?

1211
01:02:02,641 --> 01:02:04,849
I understand he's involved
with Gort's daughter.

1212
01:02:04,850 --> 01:02:07,018
What nonsense. I don't
think he even knows her.

1213
01:02:07,019 --> 01:02:08,478
I think he does.

1214
01:02:08,479 --> 01:02:10,647
I mix with the crews and I hear things,

1215
01:02:10,648 --> 01:02:13,066
and I say this check should
be done by someone else.

1216
01:02:13,067 --> 01:02:15,319
For Dallas's sake, as much as anyone's.

1217
01:02:19,615 --> 01:02:21,324
Operations.

1218
01:02:21,325 --> 01:02:23,451
Operations, do you know
where Captain Gort is?

1219
01:02:23,452 --> 01:02:25,203
Yes, sir. Estimating arrival
at Aurangabad

1220
01:02:25,204 --> 01:02:26,663
about three quarters of an hour.

1221
01:02:26,664 --> 01:02:29,499
Oh? He's not due out until Tuesday.

1222
01:02:29,500 --> 01:02:31,000
Captain Leland went sick, sir,

1223
01:02:31,001 --> 01:02:34,420
so they asked Captain Gort.
Aurangabad, Calcutta and back.

1224
01:02:34,421 --> 01:02:35,713
All right, thank you.

1225
01:02:35,714 --> 01:02:38,716
Well, he won't be back
till the day after tomorrow.

1226
01:02:38,717 --> 01:02:41,552
I'll try and arrange a check for Monday.

1227
01:02:52,856 --> 01:02:55,066
A full load, Captain. At last.

1228
01:02:55,067 --> 01:02:56,567
And four tons of freight!

1229
01:02:56,568 --> 01:02:58,611
Even Captain Judd would now be pleased.

1230
01:02:58,612 --> 01:02:59,446
Perhaps.

1231
01:03:02,283 --> 01:03:04,493
You can hardly breathe in here.

1232
01:03:09,039 --> 01:03:10,748
We are at maximum weight, sir.

1233
01:03:10,749 --> 01:03:11,916
Going to need a lot of runway.

1234
01:03:11,917 --> 01:03:12,751
How much?

1235
01:03:12,752 --> 01:03:15,920
5,300 feet. On-stick speed, 118 knots.

1236
01:03:15,921 --> 01:03:18,172
Let's see the book.

1237
01:03:28,350 --> 01:03:29,726
That's right, Mr. Taylor.

1238
01:03:29,727 --> 01:03:31,144
Thank you, sir.

1239
01:03:31,145 --> 01:03:32,813
5,300 feet.

1240
01:03:34,565 --> 01:03:37,942
That still leaves us 800 feet of runway

1241
01:03:37,943 --> 01:03:39,653
to play with on the stick.

1242
01:03:40,738 --> 01:03:42,196
Yes, exactly 118.

1243
01:03:42,197 --> 01:03:44,282
118, Mr. Johnson.

1244
01:03:44,283 --> 01:03:46,200
If you have the wind,
start the flight plan.

1245
01:03:46,201 --> 01:03:47,493
Yes, sir.

1246
01:03:47,494 --> 01:03:48,871
Thank you, Mr. Taylor.

1247
01:03:52,124 --> 01:03:53,750
It's like a Turkish bath outside,

1248
01:03:53,751 --> 01:03:55,752
so the takeoff's gotta
be exactly to the book.

1249
01:03:55,753 --> 01:03:57,587
Of course, sir.

1250
01:03:57,588 --> 01:03:59,297
I'm not doubting you, Mr. Johnson.

1251
01:03:59,298 --> 01:04:00,506
I'm just emphasizing it.

1252
01:04:00,507 --> 01:04:01,342
Yes, sir.

1253
01:04:01,343 --> 01:04:03,009
When you call the speeds
for lifting the nose wheel

1254
01:04:03,010 --> 01:04:04,510
off the ground and the unstick,

1255
01:04:04,511 --> 01:04:06,554
I want the exact readings.

1256
01:04:06,555 --> 01:04:07,972
Will you sign the load sheet, Captain?

1257
01:04:07,973 --> 01:04:08,974
Yes.

1258
01:04:10,768 --> 01:04:13,562
Weight is 77,272 kilos.

1259
01:04:15,022 --> 01:04:16,982
0.2 feet out of Dayton.

1260
01:04:21,111 --> 01:04:22,112
Good, good.

1261
01:04:23,739 --> 01:04:25,866
Thank you. Now, let's
see about the weather.

1262
01:04:41,757 --> 01:04:43,716
I can't tell you that
without the papers.

1263
01:04:43,717 --> 01:04:45,386
They're on the desk.

1264
01:05:02,486 --> 01:05:03,487
Oxygen on.

1265
01:05:04,613 --> 01:05:09,117
Red pumps on, booster pumps on, flaps 20%.

1266
01:05:09,118 --> 01:05:10,910
Clear to take off, climb on course.

1267
01:05:10,911 --> 01:05:12,745
Clear to Calcutta 42000 feet, sir.

1268
01:05:12,746 --> 01:05:13,580
Thank you.

1269
01:05:13,581 --> 01:05:16,249
RPM checks at 10,500 on all four, sir.

1270
01:05:16,250 --> 01:05:17,291
Fuel flow's okay,

1271
01:05:17,292 --> 01:05:19,127
engine pressure and temperature's normal.

1272
01:05:19,128 --> 01:05:20,628
Takeoff check completed, sir.

1273
01:05:20,629 --> 01:05:21,671
All set, Mr. Johnson?

1274
01:05:21,672 --> 01:05:22,506
All set, sir.

1275
01:05:38,981 --> 01:05:39,815
75 knots.

1276
01:05:42,234 --> 01:05:43,444
Nose wheel off.

1277
01:05:51,201 --> 01:05:52,286
118.

1278
01:06:04,006 --> 01:06:05,256
We're eating the runway.

1279
01:06:05,257 --> 01:06:06,424
Speed?

1280
01:06:06,425 --> 01:06:07,468
Still 118.

1281
01:06:10,220 --> 01:06:11,305
Won't come off.

1282
01:06:13,849 --> 01:06:15,142
It won't come off!

1283
01:06:16,018 --> 01:06:17,269
Brace yourself, boy!

1284
01:06:45,923 --> 01:06:49,051
Well, I'm off. Good night.

1285
01:06:49,092 --> 01:06:49,968
Good night, sir.

1286
01:06:51,470 --> 01:06:54,097
Captain Judd, hold it. Top priority.

1287
01:06:59,061 --> 01:07:01,855
"Priority X, Aurangabad.

1288
01:07:03,690 --> 01:07:08,195
Deeply regret to inform you..."

1289
01:07:12,366 --> 01:07:14,283
I think, sir, that we are already clear

1290
01:07:14,284 --> 01:07:15,785
from yesterday's proceedings

1291
01:07:15,786 --> 01:07:17,703
that the aircraft was properly loaded,

1292
01:07:17,704 --> 01:07:20,331
the papers were all in order,
and the weather conditions

1293
01:07:20,332 --> 01:07:22,083
do not enter into it.

1294
01:07:22,084 --> 01:07:24,126
There remain only two possibilities:

1295
01:07:24,127 --> 01:07:26,504
mechanical failure on
the part of the aircraft,

1296
01:07:26,505 --> 01:07:29,715
or human failure on the part of the crew.

1297
01:07:29,716 --> 01:07:31,884
And you will understand
that, for obvious reasons,

1298
01:07:31,885 --> 01:07:34,095
I'm not in a position as I was last time

1299
01:07:34,096 --> 01:07:35,304
to prove categorically

1300
01:07:35,305 --> 01:07:37,515
that there was no mechanical failure.

1301
01:07:37,516 --> 01:07:40,268
And now, Mr. Robinson, in
your official capacity,

1302
01:07:40,269 --> 01:07:42,770
you watched many Phoenix
takeoffs from Aurangabad.

1303
01:07:42,771 --> 01:07:43,854
I have, yes.

1304
01:07:43,855 --> 01:07:45,356
And did you notice any peculiarity

1305
01:07:45,357 --> 01:07:48,192
in Captain Gort's takeoff technique?

1306
01:07:48,193 --> 01:07:50,778
He seemed to lift the
nose wheel off the ground

1307
01:07:50,779 --> 01:07:52,280
sooner than the others.

1308
01:07:52,281 --> 01:07:53,115
Yes?

1309
01:07:53,116 --> 01:07:54,365
And at the end of the run,

1310
01:07:54,366 --> 01:07:56,576
he appeared to be more tail-down.

1311
01:07:56,577 --> 01:07:57,744
Thank you.

1312
01:07:58,787 --> 01:08:00,162
And in this particular takeoff,

1313
01:08:00,163 --> 01:08:02,582
did it seem to you that the
same nose-high technique

1314
01:08:02,583 --> 01:08:03,958
was again employed?

1315
01:08:03,959 --> 01:08:05,126
Yes.

1316
01:08:05,127 --> 01:08:07,545
Did the aircraft appear
to leave the ground?

1317
01:08:07,546 --> 01:08:10,464
It did not seem to. It carried
on to the end of the runway...

1318
01:08:10,465 --> 01:08:11,300
Yes, yes,

1319
01:08:11,301 --> 01:08:12,633
with the nose still high in the air.

1320
01:08:12,634 --> 01:08:13,468
Yes.

1321
01:08:13,469 --> 01:08:14,844
And you can still hear as loud as ever

1322
01:08:14,845 --> 01:08:18,055
the high whining engine
note at full takeoff power?

1323
01:08:18,056 --> 01:08:19,599
Oh, yes, just the same as usual.

1324
01:08:19,600 --> 01:08:21,476
Thank you, Mr. Robinson, that is all.

1325
01:08:28,358 --> 01:08:30,735
Sir Arnold, please proceed.

1326
01:08:30,736 --> 01:08:32,778
Well, sir, it was my
intention at this stage

1327
01:08:32,779 --> 01:08:35,865
to call Captain Manningham,
the fleet superintendent.

1328
01:08:35,866 --> 01:08:37,199
Unfortunately, he's ill,

1329
01:08:37,200 --> 01:08:39,702
suffering from a complete breakdown,

1330
01:08:39,703 --> 01:08:41,954
from which I'm sure we all
wish him a speedy recovery.

1331
01:08:41,955 --> 01:08:43,497
I don't deny that there
were certain questions

1332
01:08:43,498 --> 01:08:44,374
I wanted to put to him,

1333
01:08:44,375 --> 01:08:47,209
but in the circumstances,
I have no option

1334
01:08:47,210 --> 01:08:49,629
but to call Captain Dallas.

1335
01:08:49,630 --> 01:08:51,964
Captain Dallas and I know
one another, do we not?

1336
01:08:51,965 --> 01:08:53,090
We do, yes.

1337
01:08:53,091 --> 01:08:55,718
Now, Captain, on the
occasion of our last meeting,

1338
01:08:55,719 --> 01:08:57,678
you said, if I remember correctly,

1339
01:08:57,679 --> 01:09:00,556
that the Phoenix is the most
technically reliable aircraft

1340
01:09:00,557 --> 01:09:02,391
you'd ever flown. That right?

1341
01:09:02,392 --> 01:09:03,226
Yes, I did.

1342
01:09:03,227 --> 01:09:05,729
And I take it that nothing
has changed your opinion.

1343
01:09:06,730 --> 01:09:08,022
Basically, no.

1344
01:09:08,023 --> 01:09:09,940
Uh-huh. Then you will agree,

1345
01:09:09,941 --> 01:09:11,859
I'm sure, that the crash of Victor Mike

1346
01:09:11,860 --> 01:09:15,112
bears a remarkable resemblance
to that of Victor Fox.

1347
01:09:15,113 --> 01:09:17,031
There are certain similarities.

1348
01:09:17,032 --> 01:09:19,992
Certain similarities? Both
were on the same runway,

1349
01:09:19,993 --> 01:09:22,453
both were at full load, and
both were on a very hot night

1350
01:09:22,454 --> 01:09:25,122
and both were piloted by Captain Gort.

1351
01:09:25,123 --> 01:09:28,167
Now, surely you mean
"remarkable similarities."

1352
01:09:28,168 --> 01:09:31,128
However, would you agree
that the similarities

1353
01:09:31,129 --> 01:09:32,213
were such that you would assume

1354
01:09:32,214 --> 01:09:34,174
a cause common to both accidents?

1355
01:09:35,092 --> 01:09:36,342
In the case of Victor Mike,

1356
01:09:36,343 --> 01:09:37,718
I don't think you can assume anything.

1357
01:09:37,719 --> 01:09:39,095
We just don't know what happened.

1358
01:09:39,096 --> 01:09:40,554
But we've just heard from Mr. Robinson

1359
01:09:40,555 --> 01:09:43,349
that Captain Gort alone
among the Phoenix pilots

1360
01:09:43,350 --> 01:09:47,228
habitually assumed a
nose-high attitude on takeoff.

1361
01:09:47,229 --> 01:09:48,479
I'm afraid I can't accept that.

1362
01:09:48,480 --> 01:09:50,523
It's quite impossible to
judge from navigation lights,

1363
01:09:50,524 --> 01:09:52,149
particularly on a wet night.

1364
01:09:52,150 --> 01:09:53,567
Yes, well, let's go back to the time

1365
01:09:53,568 --> 01:09:55,653
where after the first accident,

1366
01:09:55,654 --> 01:09:56,488
Captain Manningham

1367
01:09:56,489 --> 01:09:59,241
asked you to check Captain
Gort out on the Phoenix.

1368
01:10:00,409 --> 01:10:01,492
That's right, isn't it?

1369
01:10:01,493 --> 01:10:02,785
Yes.

1370
01:10:02,786 --> 01:10:04,870
Now, officially, of course,
this had nothing to do with you,

1371
01:10:04,871 --> 01:10:07,707
but privately didn't you think
that it would be much wiser

1372
01:10:07,708 --> 01:10:10,292
to take Captain Gort off the Phoenix?

1373
01:10:10,293 --> 01:10:11,961
I don't see why,

1374
01:10:11,962 --> 01:10:14,296
if a pilot wants to go on
flying and is checked out

1375
01:10:14,297 --> 01:10:15,715
as perfectly satisfactory.

1376
01:10:15,716 --> 01:10:19,969
Yes, well, here's your
check report from 65 items.

1377
01:10:19,970 --> 01:10:22,304
It appears Captain Gort did very well.

1378
01:10:22,305 --> 01:10:23,181
Exceptionally well.

1379
01:10:23,182 --> 01:10:25,933
But however well he did,
wasn't there a chance,

1380
01:10:25,934 --> 01:10:27,351
however slight, that he might make

1381
01:10:27,352 --> 01:10:29,145
the same sort of mistake again?

1382
01:10:29,146 --> 01:10:32,148
No, a pilot never makes
the same mistake twice.

1383
01:10:32,149 --> 01:10:35,317
Never? That's a very sweeping statement.

1384
01:10:35,318 --> 01:10:37,486
It's what I believe to be true.

1385
01:10:37,487 --> 01:10:38,571
Captain Dallas,

1386
01:10:38,572 --> 01:10:40,615
how old was Captain Gort?

1387
01:10:42,784 --> 01:10:43,993
I'm not sure.

1388
01:10:43,994 --> 01:10:47,037
Would it surprise you
to know that he was 51?

1389
01:10:47,038 --> 01:10:48,497
Yes, it would.

1390
01:10:48,498 --> 01:10:52,668
He was young for his age, extremely fit.

1391
01:10:52,669 --> 01:10:53,753
In fact, on one occasion

1392
01:10:53,754 --> 01:10:55,296
it was his strength that
undoubtedly saved...

1393
01:10:55,297 --> 01:10:57,715
Yes, yes, well, after reading
this very flattering report,

1394
01:10:57,716 --> 01:10:59,925
it was plainly your
considered and expert opinion

1395
01:10:59,926 --> 01:11:01,969
that he was safe to go back on the route.

1396
01:11:01,970 --> 01:11:02,929
Yes, it was.

1397
01:11:02,930 --> 01:11:06,557
Captain, are you the only
instructor on the Phoenix?

1398
01:11:06,558 --> 01:11:07,767
Yes.

1399
01:11:07,768 --> 01:11:10,603
So if the necessity
arose for a second check

1400
01:11:10,604 --> 01:11:12,855
on Captain Gort, there
would've been no question

1401
01:11:12,856 --> 01:11:15,192
of it being carried out by anyone but you.

1402
01:11:15,233 --> 01:11:16,109
No.

1403
01:11:16,110 --> 01:11:17,735
But if Captain Manningham
had asked someone else

1404
01:11:17,736 --> 01:11:18,903
to do the check,

1405
01:11:18,904 --> 01:11:20,738
I suppose everyone including yourself

1406
01:11:20,739 --> 01:11:24,367
would've thought that he
didn't trust your judgment.

1407
01:11:26,328 --> 01:11:28,037
I suppose so, yes.

1408
01:11:28,038 --> 01:11:30,664
But, of course, nothing
like that entered into it.

1409
01:11:30,665 --> 01:11:31,665
Did it?

1410
01:11:31,666 --> 01:11:33,375
No, it didn't.

1411
01:11:33,376 --> 01:11:34,211
Thank you.

1412
01:11:35,295 --> 01:11:37,631
Thank you, Captain Dallas, that is all.

1413
01:12:00,111 --> 01:12:00,946
Charlotte.

1414
01:12:04,074 --> 01:12:06,909
Charlotte, I think
they'll blame him again.

1415
01:12:06,910 --> 01:12:08,245
They can't...

1416
01:12:09,579 --> 01:12:10,539
They can't.

1417
01:12:13,041 --> 01:12:16,544
I can't bear it, Hugh. It
makes him look such a fool,

1418
01:12:16,545 --> 01:12:20,632
making the same mistake
twice, but he didn't.

1419
01:12:21,466 --> 01:12:25,637
You know that. They've
no right to blame him.

1420
01:12:26,930 --> 01:12:31,142
It's like boshing out all his
life, everything he lived for.

1421
01:12:32,185 --> 01:12:33,894
If he is blamed, then I'm to blame, too.

1422
01:12:33,895 --> 01:12:35,688
I checked him, I said he was all right.

1423
01:12:35,689 --> 01:12:37,606
He was all right.

1424
01:12:37,607 --> 01:12:39,442
And he was right the first time, too.

1425
01:12:40,318 --> 01:12:42,362
I don't believe he made a mistake.

1426
01:12:45,198 --> 01:12:47,033
He was a wonderful pilot.

1427
01:12:47,993 --> 01:12:49,327
Everyone said so.

1428
01:12:50,537 --> 01:12:51,787
He'd never have done anything

1429
01:12:51,788 --> 01:12:54,415
that wasn't 100% accurate.

1430
01:12:54,416 --> 01:12:57,209
He had a mania for it,
everything had to be done

1431
01:12:57,210 --> 01:12:58,545
according to the book.

1432
01:13:00,046 --> 01:13:02,172
It used to be a family joke.

1433
01:13:03,592 --> 01:13:05,468
Games I had when I was a child,

1434
01:13:06,303 --> 01:13:07,761
he'd take out the instructions

1435
01:13:07,762 --> 01:13:11,933
and we'd play them word for word.

1436
01:13:13,685 --> 01:13:15,937
No variations allowed ever.

1437
01:13:16,980 --> 01:13:18,063
They more or less proved

1438
01:13:18,064 --> 01:13:20,065
it wasn't the Phoenix or the weather.

1439
01:13:20,066 --> 01:13:21,735
It must have been the man.

1440
01:13:22,944 --> 01:13:24,737
He must have done something wrong.

1441
01:13:24,738 --> 01:13:26,196
Perhaps something that wasn't in the book.

1442
01:13:26,197 --> 01:13:27,991
Why couldn't the book be wrong?

1443
01:13:29,993 --> 01:13:32,786
That's it! The book was wrong.

1444
01:13:32,787 --> 01:13:34,497
Don't you see that's what it was?

1445
01:13:34,539 --> 01:13:37,125
That can't be. You don't
know what you're talking about.

1446
01:13:38,460 --> 01:13:40,545
All right, I won't say any more now.

1447
01:13:42,088 --> 01:13:45,967
Hugh, I want to go home alone. Sorry.

1448
01:13:58,480 --> 01:14:03,485
Announcing
departure of flight 339 to Rome,

1449
01:14:03,652 --> 01:14:07,530
Cairo, Aurangabad, Calcutta and Singapore.

1450
01:14:20,085 --> 01:14:22,337
Well, here's your big moment.

1451
01:14:24,547 --> 01:14:26,882
I remember the first one
I took out. Good luck.

1452
01:14:26,883 --> 01:14:27,758
Oh, Captain Bateson?

1453
01:14:27,759 --> 01:14:28,592
Yeah?

1454
01:14:28,593 --> 01:14:29,427
You're wanted on the telephone.

1455
01:14:29,428 --> 01:14:30,427
Oh, thanks. Have a good trip.

1456
01:14:30,428 --> 01:14:31,262
Yeah.

1457
01:14:32,347 --> 01:14:34,640
There's something wrong somewhere.

1458
01:14:34,641 --> 01:14:37,017
Knowing Gort, it doesn't add up.

1459
01:14:37,018 --> 01:14:39,228
There must have been how
many Phoenix takeoffs,

1460
01:14:39,229 --> 01:14:40,354
what, 10,000?

1461
01:14:40,355 --> 01:14:41,563
Oh, something like that.

1462
01:14:41,564 --> 01:14:44,858
But the only two at full
load in very high temperatures

1463
01:14:44,859 --> 01:14:47,945
both resulted in crashes,
both piloted by George.

1464
01:14:47,946 --> 01:14:49,154
Seems inconceivable.

1465
01:14:49,155 --> 01:14:51,073
He couldn't have made
the same mistake twice.

1466
01:14:51,074 --> 01:14:53,117
Unless it really was
getting too much for him.

1467
01:14:53,118 --> 01:14:55,703
No, he was the steadiest pilot we had.

1468
01:14:55,704 --> 01:14:57,621
It makes you wonder if the results

1469
01:14:57,622 --> 01:14:59,456
of the first inquiry were right.

1470
01:14:59,457 --> 01:15:01,041
Wasn't there something
about a ropy landing

1471
01:15:01,042 --> 01:15:02,292
somewhere recently?

1472
01:15:02,293 --> 01:15:04,336
I thought it was funny Gort
making that kind of rumor.

1473
01:15:04,337 --> 01:15:06,255
Well, Judd may have had a hand in that.

1474
01:15:06,256 --> 01:15:08,465
There was a ropy landing, all right.

1475
01:15:08,466 --> 01:15:10,926
He hit the hedge at Calcutta.

1476
01:15:10,927 --> 01:15:13,554
They took this off his
wheels when he pulled up.

1477
01:15:13,555 --> 01:15:15,180
The short runway, I suppose.

1478
01:15:15,181 --> 01:15:17,433
The short runway? At Calcutta?

1479
01:15:17,434 --> 01:15:19,935
That's why Judd was so steamed up.

1480
01:15:19,936 --> 01:15:22,438
Well, there's no hedge
on that side of Calcutta.

1481
01:15:22,439 --> 01:15:23,648
There's a fence.

1482
01:15:24,482 --> 01:15:25,691
You sure?

1483
01:15:25,692 --> 01:15:26,526
Well, of course I'm sure.

1484
01:15:26,527 --> 01:15:27,651
I was stuck there for
a couple of weeks once

1485
01:15:27,652 --> 01:15:28,777
for an engine change.

1486
01:15:28,778 --> 01:15:30,612
Used to walk around the
place twice a day for exercise.

1487
01:15:30,613 --> 01:15:32,614
Now, just a minute,
let's get this straight.

1488
01:15:32,615 --> 01:15:34,324
Do you know what you're saying?

1489
01:15:34,325 --> 01:15:36,160
If this didn't come off
the hedge at Calcutta,

1490
01:15:36,161 --> 01:15:37,078
it must have come...

1491
01:15:37,079 --> 01:15:38,746
Aurangabad. Yeah.

1492
01:15:38,747 --> 01:15:40,373
There's a hedge there, all right.

1493
01:15:42,500 --> 01:15:45,794
Now, Braddock was on that trip.

1494
01:15:45,795 --> 01:15:48,964
He told me Judd did the
takeoff at Aurangabad.

1495
01:15:48,965 --> 01:15:50,382
That means he must have hit the hedge.

1496
01:15:50,383 --> 01:15:52,218
Taking off, yeah.

1497
01:15:53,178 --> 01:15:56,013
You know, this could make
a hell of a difference.

1498
01:15:56,014 --> 01:15:57,681
The thing they got Gort for last time

1499
01:15:57,682 --> 01:16:00,350
was that he was the only pilot
to have trouble taking off.

1500
01:16:00,351 --> 01:16:02,352
Looks now as if he wasn't.

1501
01:16:02,353 --> 01:16:06,815
Yeah, and how many
near-misses have there been?

1502
01:16:06,816 --> 01:16:09,234
The pilots never report
them, you know that.

1503
01:16:09,235 --> 01:16:12,404
Sometimes we don't
even know we've had them.

1504
01:16:12,405 --> 01:16:14,948
You know, Jock, if
we're right about this,

1505
01:16:14,949 --> 01:16:16,534
it could happen again.

1506
01:16:18,244 --> 01:16:19,661
You're duty crew, aren't you?

1507
01:16:19,662 --> 01:16:20,497
Yeah.

1508
01:16:23,583 --> 01:16:25,959
Now, Captain Judd, I won't
keep you very much longer.

1509
01:16:25,960 --> 01:16:28,587
Shortly after Captain Gort
returned to the route,

1510
01:16:28,588 --> 01:16:30,756
a fact of which you did
not entirely approve...

1511
01:16:30,757 --> 01:16:31,799
I didn't say that.

1512
01:16:31,800 --> 01:16:33,884
You instituted a system of route checking

1513
01:16:33,885 --> 01:16:36,261
for pilots on service, and among others,

1514
01:16:36,262 --> 01:16:37,846
you checked Captain Gort.

1515
01:16:37,847 --> 01:16:38,765
Yes.

1516
01:16:38,766 --> 01:16:41,266
And found him, I expect,
as Captain Dallas had done,

1517
01:16:41,267 --> 01:16:43,143
perfectly safe to fly the Phoenix.

1518
01:16:48,525 --> 01:16:50,901
That's very much a matter of opinion.

1519
01:16:50,902 --> 01:16:53,737
Yes. And now, since you
didn't write a report,

1520
01:16:53,738 --> 01:16:57,825
I must ask you if anything
happened to confirm your belief

1521
01:16:57,826 --> 01:17:02,122
that picked men... only picked,
new men... should fly the Phoenix.

1522
01:17:03,414 --> 01:17:06,667
Well, Captain Gort did come
in a bit low at Calcutta.

1523
01:17:06,668 --> 01:17:09,546
Does that mean dangerously low?

1524
01:17:12,048 --> 01:17:14,383
I think his wheels must have
brushed the hedge because...

1525
01:17:14,384 --> 01:17:15,676
Yes, yes.

1526
01:17:15,677 --> 01:17:20,014
Captain Gort hit the hedge
coming in to land at Calcutta.

1527
01:17:23,184 --> 01:17:24,434
Now, when you returned to England,

1528
01:17:24,435 --> 01:17:27,229
you asked the company to give
Captain Gort another check.

1529
01:17:27,230 --> 01:17:28,397
That's right.

1530
01:17:28,398 --> 01:17:29,773
And they agreed?

1531
01:17:29,774 --> 01:17:31,400
Yes.

1532
01:17:31,401 --> 01:17:32,526
But before it could take place,

1533
01:17:32,527 --> 01:17:35,320
Captain Gort had flown out
again, rather unexpectedly.

1534
01:17:35,321 --> 01:17:36,156
Yes.

1535
01:17:37,490 --> 01:17:39,741
Am I right in supposing
that Captain Dallas

1536
01:17:39,742 --> 01:17:41,286
was going to do this new check?

1537
01:17:45,790 --> 01:17:48,251
Captain Judd, will you
please answer my question?

1538
01:17:51,713 --> 01:17:54,591
Captain Judd, I must
insist upon your answering.

1539
01:17:57,552 --> 01:17:59,511
Not Captain Dallas.

1540
01:17:59,512 --> 01:18:01,222
No, Captain Bateson.

1541
01:18:02,599 --> 01:18:05,976
Thank you, Captain Judd.
I'm very much obliged.

1542
01:18:09,856 --> 01:18:12,524
But what are you going to do?

1543
01:18:12,525 --> 01:18:14,651
I've taken a room.

1544
01:18:15,529 --> 01:18:16,528
I can't stay here.

1545
01:18:16,529 --> 01:18:20,407
I'm going to store all the
things until I can sell them.

1546
01:18:20,408 --> 01:18:22,910
I've tried to call
you here this afternoon.

1547
01:18:22,911 --> 01:18:24,536
I went to the.

1548
01:18:24,537 --> 01:18:25,996
It's six o'clock, miss.

1549
01:18:25,997 --> 01:18:28,665
We'll have to come for
the rest in the morning.

1550
01:18:28,666 --> 01:18:29,875
Yes, all right.

1551
01:18:29,876 --> 01:18:31,878
Goodnight, miss. Goodnight, sir.

1552
01:18:42,597 --> 01:18:44,598
Sure there's nothing I can do?

1553
01:18:44,599 --> 01:18:46,809
No, Hugh, no thank you.

1554
01:18:48,895 --> 01:18:50,312
There are times when I feel

1555
01:18:50,313 --> 01:18:52,898
I don't even want to see you.

1556
01:18:52,899 --> 01:18:54,858
I'm trying to forget,

1557
01:18:54,859 --> 01:18:57,527
but you make it all come back.

1558
01:18:57,528 --> 01:19:00,740
The moment you're gone...
I'm sorry.

1559
01:19:06,704 --> 01:19:08,288
That's part of what I've tried

1560
01:19:08,289 --> 01:19:10,707
to make you understand about father.

1561
01:19:10,708 --> 01:19:12,542
Everything planned to the last detail.

1562
01:19:12,543 --> 01:19:15,045
But you have made me understand.

1563
01:19:15,046 --> 01:19:19,258
Poor father... I never
did keep them up to date.

1564
01:19:21,219 --> 01:19:23,845
I'll go. That'll be Bateson.
I hope you don't mind,

1565
01:19:23,846 --> 01:19:25,973
I told him I was coming around here.

1566
01:19:25,974 --> 01:19:27,766
I'd rather not see him.

1567
01:19:27,767 --> 01:19:28,977
You don't have to.

1568
01:19:29,936 --> 01:19:31,020
You stay here.

1569
01:19:33,898 --> 01:19:34,898
Hi, Jock.

1570
01:19:34,899 --> 01:19:36,566
I've seen all the pilots who
were in, seven of them.

1571
01:19:36,567 --> 01:19:37,943
They were all a bit cagey about it,

1572
01:19:37,944 --> 01:19:39,111
but five of them admitting

1573
01:19:39,112 --> 01:19:41,029
they don't fly quite to
the book for takeoff.

1574
01:19:41,030 --> 01:19:42,030
How?

1575
01:19:42,031 --> 01:19:43,448
Not every time,

1576
01:19:43,449 --> 01:19:45,242
but always when it's hot
and they're really heavy.

1577
01:19:45,243 --> 01:19:46,868
Seems they keep the nose
wheel on the ground longer,

1578
01:19:46,869 --> 01:19:48,829
and unstick later than it says.

1579
01:19:48,830 --> 01:19:49,664
Five out of seven.

1580
01:19:49,665 --> 01:19:50,914
Oh, of course, I don't
know about the others

1581
01:19:50,915 --> 01:19:53,250
out on the route... except Braddock.

1582
01:19:53,251 --> 01:19:54,168
Yes, you're right.

1583
01:19:54,169 --> 01:19:55,502
Gort did most of his training.

1584
01:19:55,503 --> 01:19:57,587
He'll fly strictly to rule for certain.

1585
01:19:57,588 --> 01:20:01,425
That's only 20 percent
who follow the book.

1586
01:20:01,426 --> 01:20:02,968
Why didn't the others tell me about it?

1587
01:20:02,969 --> 01:20:05,512
You wait till I have a
chance to talk to them.

1588
01:20:05,513 --> 01:20:06,596
And what about you?

1589
01:20:06,597 --> 01:20:10,350
Me? Oh, well, to tell you the truth...

1590
01:20:10,351 --> 01:20:12,269
Well, when it's hot and we're heavy,

1591
01:20:12,270 --> 01:20:14,313
I hold it down to the
end of the runway, too.

1592
01:20:14,314 --> 01:20:15,273
Oh, you do, do you?

1593
01:20:15,274 --> 01:20:16,481
I do it by feel.

1594
01:20:16,482 --> 01:20:20,068
Oh, you know how it is.
Instinct, if you like.

1595
01:20:20,069 --> 01:20:21,611
Yes, well, maybe you're right.

1596
01:20:21,612 --> 01:20:23,280
Because those who don't are damn lucky

1597
01:20:23,281 --> 01:20:25,907
they never had maximum
weight on a hot night.

1598
01:20:25,908 --> 01:20:28,328
If it hadn't been Gort, it
could have been any of them.

1599
01:20:29,454 --> 01:20:32,456
The inquiry will have adjourned
by now. I'm meeting Judd.

1600
01:20:32,457 --> 01:20:33,916
I'll be with you in a minute.

1601
01:20:37,003 --> 01:20:39,463
Thank you, Matty.

1602
01:20:39,464 --> 01:20:41,423
Ah, I got you a beer.

1603
01:20:41,424 --> 01:20:43,133
Thanks. Need one.

1604
01:20:43,134 --> 01:20:43,968
Cheers.

1605
01:20:45,887 --> 01:20:47,263
Look, let's go over here.

1606
01:20:50,099 --> 01:20:52,059
How was the inquiry?

1607
01:20:52,060 --> 01:20:53,226
As you'd expect.

1608
01:20:53,227 --> 01:20:55,063
I was there this morning,
heard part of your evidence,

1609
01:20:55,104 --> 01:20:56,521
then I had to leave.

1610
01:20:56,522 --> 01:20:58,774
You're lucky. Went on quite a bit.

1611
01:20:58,775 --> 01:21:01,401
I heard what you said about takeoffs,

1612
01:21:01,402 --> 01:21:03,737
that no one had any trouble except Gort.

1613
01:21:03,738 --> 01:21:05,113
That's right.

1614
01:21:05,114 --> 01:21:07,825
I've been thinking about
that check you did on him.

1615
01:21:08,868 --> 01:21:10,994
You did the takeoff at Aurangabad.

1616
01:21:10,995 --> 01:21:12,705
I believe I did. Why?

1617
01:21:15,166 --> 01:21:16,625
It was a hot night, wasn't it?

1618
01:21:16,626 --> 01:21:18,377
And you were pretty heavy.

1619
01:21:18,378 --> 01:21:19,920
I think we were. But what...?

1620
01:21:19,921 --> 01:21:22,339
Did you notice anything peculiar?

1621
01:21:22,340 --> 01:21:23,840
No, why?

1622
01:21:23,841 --> 01:21:25,759
Did you use a lot of runway?

1623
01:21:25,760 --> 01:21:27,637
Heavy? Hot? Yes, of course.

1624
01:21:28,721 --> 01:21:32,391
You remember that piece
of hedge you brought back?

1625
01:21:32,392 --> 01:21:33,975
Yes, what about it?

1626
01:21:33,976 --> 01:21:37,854
It didn't come from Calcutta.
It came from Aurangabad.

1627
01:21:37,855 --> 01:21:38,815
What?

1628
01:21:38,816 --> 01:21:40,650
There is no hedge at Calcutta.

1629
01:21:45,822 --> 01:21:47,697
You're saying I hit
the hedge on takeoff.

1630
01:21:47,698 --> 01:21:48,824
Yes, I am.

1631
01:21:48,825 --> 01:21:50,826
You took that piece of hedge
all the way to Calcutta

1632
01:21:50,827 --> 01:21:53,079
tucked up in your wheel-well.

1633
01:21:54,789 --> 01:21:56,665
What are you driving at, Hugh?

1634
01:21:56,666 --> 01:21:59,292
Just that you very nearly
didn't get airborne that night.

1635
01:21:59,293 --> 01:22:00,503
You're lucky to be here.

1636
01:22:04,882 --> 01:22:06,133
Assuming you're right, which I don't...

1637
01:22:06,134 --> 01:22:08,885
Now, just tell me one thing.

1638
01:22:08,886 --> 01:22:11,263
Was that takeoff according to the book?

1639
01:22:11,264 --> 01:22:12,181
Yes, of course. I always...

1640
01:22:12,182 --> 01:22:13,974
Don't you see then, if
it could happen to you,

1641
01:22:13,975 --> 01:22:15,016
it could happen to anybody.

1642
01:22:15,017 --> 01:22:17,436
One day, there's going
to be another crash.

1643
01:22:17,437 --> 01:22:18,771
I'm going to see Pickering.

1644
01:22:20,189 --> 01:22:21,649
See him, by all means, but...

1645
01:22:22,525 --> 01:22:25,318
Personally, I think the best thing to do

1646
01:22:25,319 --> 01:22:28,406
about this business is to forget it.

1647
01:22:29,449 --> 01:22:31,451
Or learn from it.

1648
01:23:28,466 --> 01:23:30,133
Who's there?

1649
01:23:30,134 --> 01:23:31,177
Hello, Nigel.

1650
01:23:32,512 --> 01:23:34,262
I heard you were coming. Judd telephoned.

1651
01:23:34,263 --> 01:23:36,139
Then you know why.

1652
01:23:36,140 --> 01:23:37,349
I know what you're going to tell me

1653
01:23:37,350 --> 01:23:38,433
and I think you're wrong.

1654
01:23:38,434 --> 01:23:39,768
Then show me something.

1655
01:23:39,769 --> 01:23:40,603
What?

1656
01:23:40,604 --> 01:23:42,687
Report of the takeoff
trials you've been doing

1657
01:23:42,688 --> 01:23:43,856
in Khartoum.

1658
01:23:45,107 --> 01:23:46,191
What do you know about them?

1659
01:23:46,192 --> 01:23:48,735
I saw the file in there, it was empty.

1660
01:23:48,736 --> 01:23:50,363
Hot weather trials, weren't they?

1661
01:23:51,239 --> 01:23:52,739
I can't show them to you.

1662
01:23:52,740 --> 01:23:53,782
They belong to my company.

1663
01:23:53,783 --> 01:23:54,866
Anyway, they're highly technical.

1664
01:23:54,867 --> 01:23:56,284
But you learned something.

1665
01:23:56,285 --> 01:23:57,911
Look, Hugh, I couldn't begin to explain

1666
01:23:57,912 --> 01:23:59,704
unless you had a course in aerodynamics

1667
01:23:59,705 --> 01:24:01,457
and done years of research.

1668
01:24:02,667 --> 01:24:03,959
That may sound like a school master.

1669
01:24:03,960 --> 01:24:08,213
What I'm trying to say is you
are a pilot, I'm a scientist.

1670
01:24:08,214 --> 01:24:10,549
When I give you an
airplane, you can fly it.

1671
01:24:10,550 --> 01:24:12,384
You forget it's the result of months

1672
01:24:12,385 --> 01:24:14,594
and years of grinding
work and uncertainty.

1673
01:24:14,595 --> 01:24:17,013
Every idea I have has to be checked

1674
01:24:17,014 --> 01:24:18,723
and rechecked and then checked again.

1675
01:24:18,724 --> 01:24:21,851
Do you realize how many
parts there are to a Phoenix?

1676
01:24:21,852 --> 01:24:24,187
Over 48,000.

1677
01:24:24,188 --> 01:24:27,649
I deal in facts, and you
expect me to authorize changes

1678
01:24:27,650 --> 01:24:29,526
on a theory.
It's not as easy as that.

1679
01:24:29,527 --> 01:24:31,987
But there's something wrong, I know it.

1680
01:24:31,988 --> 01:24:34,990
Not with the aircraft,
but the way we fly it.

1681
01:24:34,991 --> 01:24:36,658
And you're worried, I know that, too.

1682
01:24:36,659 --> 01:24:37,660
Of course, I'm worried.

1683
01:24:37,702 --> 01:24:40,121
I'm always worried, even
when there are no accidents.

1684
01:24:42,331 --> 01:24:44,332
And that's why you did
the trials in Khartoum.

1685
01:24:44,333 --> 01:24:46,501
You can forget Khartoum.
There's no mystery about it.

1686
01:24:46,502 --> 01:24:49,005
That was just one of a
dozen tests I have to make.

1687
01:24:51,799 --> 01:24:54,009
Look, I can tell you this much.

1688
01:24:54,010 --> 01:24:55,303
We're considering the possibility...

1689
01:24:55,344 --> 01:24:56,970
The possibility, mind you...

1690
01:24:56,971 --> 01:24:58,847
Of raising the unstick speed.

1691
01:24:58,848 --> 01:25:00,724
In certain conditions, of course.

1692
01:25:00,725 --> 01:25:02,434
And you'll authorize the changes

1693
01:25:02,435 --> 01:25:05,228
when the inquiry's over and
it can't harm the Phoenix.

1694
01:25:05,229 --> 01:25:08,566
That's not fair and you
know it. I must be certain.

1695
01:25:09,567 --> 01:25:12,068
Why do you think I spent
half my life in this tunnel?

1696
01:25:12,069 --> 01:25:13,945
It could affect other things.

1697
01:25:13,946 --> 01:25:15,614
The nose wheel, for one.

1698
01:25:15,615 --> 01:25:18,283
There's a limit to what it can stand.

1699
01:25:18,284 --> 01:25:20,119
I want the answer as much as you.

1700
01:25:21,370 --> 01:25:23,581
God knows I'm working to that end.

1701
01:25:26,334 --> 01:25:29,419
I'm sure of that, but
meanwhile, right or wrong,

1702
01:25:29,420 --> 01:25:31,755
Gort takes all the blame and his daughter

1703
01:25:31,756 --> 01:25:33,798
has to live with it.

1704
01:25:33,799 --> 01:25:36,217
And I'm haunted by the
fear of someone else

1705
01:25:36,218 --> 01:25:37,761
trying to get airborne and failing

1706
01:25:37,762 --> 01:25:39,472
because he did what I told him.

1707
01:25:42,975 --> 01:25:47,312
I'm sorry. I suppose we all
have our private nightmares.

1708
01:25:58,783 --> 01:26:02,495
Temperature, density, altitude.

1709
01:26:03,829 --> 01:26:05,038
Weight maximum all up.

1710
01:26:05,039 --> 01:26:07,540
Man, it's like a Turkish bath out there.

1711
01:26:07,541 --> 01:26:10,043
Full load, sir. Need a lot of runway.

1712
01:26:10,044 --> 01:26:11,628
What?

1713
01:26:11,629 --> 01:26:13,672
It's not all that number
of passengers, is it?

1714
01:26:13,673 --> 01:26:15,006
It's a full load of freight, sir.

1715
01:26:15,007 --> 01:26:16,509
Gives you maximum permissible.

1716
01:26:18,636 --> 01:26:20,262
Let's have a look at the book.

1717
01:26:21,514 --> 01:26:24,432
The graph says 5,300 feet of runway,

1718
01:26:24,433 --> 01:26:26,435
unstick speed 118 knots.

1719
01:26:28,354 --> 01:26:29,354
Mr. Roberts.

1720
01:26:29,355 --> 01:26:30,231
Sir?

1721
01:26:30,232 --> 01:26:32,941
Unstick is exactly 118.

1722
01:26:32,942 --> 01:26:35,026
When you call the speeds for
lifting the nose wheel and

1723
01:26:35,027 --> 01:26:36,611
for the unstick,

1724
01:26:36,612 --> 01:26:38,280
give me the exact readings.

1725
01:26:39,949 --> 01:26:41,533
Okay?

1726
01:26:41,534 --> 01:26:42,368
Right.

1727
01:27:18,529 --> 01:27:19,697
Oxygen on.

1728
01:27:22,116 --> 01:27:23,409
Brake pumps on.

1729
01:27:25,411 --> 01:27:26,412
Booster pumps on.

1730
01:27:29,373 --> 01:27:30,374
Yes?

1731
01:27:33,002 --> 01:27:34,920
Yes, all right. I'll
tell them in the morning.

1732
01:27:37,673 --> 01:27:38,673
Can I help you?

1733
01:27:38,674 --> 01:27:39,550
Please.

1734
01:27:42,511 --> 01:27:43,720
There we are, sir.

1735
01:27:43,721 --> 01:27:44,722
Thank you.

1736
01:27:45,639 --> 01:27:48,726
Phoenix Victor Extra, clear to take off.

1737
01:27:49,560 --> 01:27:51,770
Victor Extra, roger out.

1738
01:27:51,771 --> 01:27:53,396
Clear to take off, sir.

1739
01:27:53,397 --> 01:27:57,233
Clear to climb on course
to Calcutta at 42,000 feet.

1740
01:27:57,234 --> 01:27:59,360
Thanks, okay.

1741
01:28:10,039 --> 01:28:13,833
RPM check at 10-5 on all engines, sir.

1742
01:28:13,834 --> 01:28:15,877
Fuel flow's okay.

1743
01:28:15,878 --> 01:28:18,671
Engine pressure's and
temperature's normal.

1744
01:28:21,383 --> 01:28:22,593
Control tower.

1745
01:28:31,393 --> 01:28:33,103
Takeoff check completed, sir.

1746
01:28:35,272 --> 01:28:36,273
All set?

1747
01:28:39,944 --> 01:28:41,278
Yes, I have it, thank you.

1748
01:28:46,116 --> 01:28:48,828
Phoenix Victor Extra, urgent.

1749
01:28:52,706 --> 01:28:54,624
Okay, tower, pass your message.

1750
01:28:54,625 --> 01:28:59,087
Takeoff technique on
Phoenix One aircraft

1751
01:28:59,088 --> 01:29:03,883
to be changed forthwith: add eight knots.

1752
01:29:03,884 --> 01:29:08,889
I say again, add eight
knots to all unstick speeds.

1753
01:29:09,932 --> 01:29:13,601
Victor Extra, understand,
add eight knots.

1754
01:29:13,602 --> 01:29:16,145
Nose wheel to be kept on ground

1755
01:29:16,146 --> 01:29:21,151
until just before
unstick speed is reached.

1756
01:29:21,652 --> 01:29:23,570
Message ends.

1757
01:29:23,571 --> 01:29:24,405
Wilco, out.

1758
01:29:25,698 --> 01:29:27,198
What do you know? What's all that about?

1759
01:29:27,199 --> 01:29:28,783
Don't mind that now, we're late.

1760
01:29:28,784 --> 01:29:29,784
What's that give us?

1761
01:29:29,785 --> 01:29:32,328
Add eight knots, unstick speed 126.

1762
01:29:32,329 --> 01:29:35,623
126, give it to me exactly.

1763
01:29:35,624 --> 01:29:36,625
Yes, sir.

1764
01:29:58,439 --> 01:29:59,565
Nose wheel off.

1765
01:30:06,780 --> 01:30:08,115
126.

1766
01:30:12,202 --> 01:30:13,412
Undercarriage up.

1767
01:30:23,380 --> 01:30:25,006
Be no doubt, sir,

1768
01:30:25,007 --> 01:30:27,301
that the original inquiry
must now be reopened.

1769
01:30:28,844 --> 01:30:31,137
I'm sure we are agreed that
it can only lead

1770
01:30:31,138 --> 01:30:35,683
to the complete vindication
of the late Captain Gort,

1771
01:30:35,684 --> 01:30:37,268
for whose qualities as a pilot

1772
01:30:37,269 --> 01:30:41,190
and as a man, we can only
have the greatest admiration.

1773
01:30:58,374 --> 01:30:59,625
Thank you, Nigel.

1774
01:31:08,175 --> 01:31:09,802
Come on, I'll take you home.