Apr 17, 2020 07:00:00

A real airplane accident investigator evaluates 'Is the scene of the airplane accident appearing in the movie correct?'

There are many fiction works in the world where plane crash scenes appear, but few people should know what a plane crash actually looks like. So, a movie that Steven Moss, who has served as a plane crash investigator for many years, evaluates the reality of the plane crash depicted in the movie is released.

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Moss has been a plane crash investigator for 35 years. This time, I will see scenes of airplane accidents that appear in various movies and check what is wrong and what is correct.

First, the horror movie '

Final Destination ' released in 2000. In the movie, a scene in which an electrical problem occurs on an airplane, causing a fire and exploding is depicted.

However, Mr. Moss, who has been involved in the investigation of the

British Air Tours 28M flight fire accident and the Pan American Airlines flight 103 bombing , has never heard of a case where an electrical fault caused such a fire accident. Pointed out. If there is an electrical failure in the airplane, smoke may gradually fill the cabin, but the circuit is protected, so it will not suddenly explode.

The score to evaluate 'how much reality' is 3 out of 10.

A plane crash is also depicted in the zombie movie ' World War Z, ' in which the former United Nations employee, who plays Brad Pitt, is the main character.

'First of all, the wreckage of an airplane is very realistic,' Moss points out.

Normally, the hidden airplane wiring is exposed in an accident, and the hanging scene is also highly realistic, which is Moss' favorite.

In addition, in the movie, the hero and the zombie who were riding in a distant place are both alive, but although it depends on the situation of the accident, basically the survival rate is because the rear part or the center near the wing is structurally strong. It is expensive. In addition, Moss said the aisles are more likely to survive than the windows.

The reality score was 8 points.

Next, the action-thriller movie '

Flight Game ' released in 2014. Passengers who were not wearing seat belts are floating up to the ceiling in the plane that is descending rapidly.

There was a gun firing there and there was a hole in the window ...

The window and its surroundings collapse at once. Baggage jumped out.

For Mr. Moss, it seemed to be a very unrealistic depiction, and he was amazed at 'What's going on?' The surroundings of the window have a very strong structure, and it is said that the entire window and its surroundings will not collapse even if the window is shot with a gun.

The score is 4 out of 10.

The movie '

Fight Club ' directed by David Fincher also depicts a scene of a plane crash.

It's shocking to see the audience on the other side blow away.

Moss says there is nothing particularly wrong with this scene. Such a situation can occur even in an actual plane accident.

The reason the oxygen mask came down in this scene was not the result of the aircraft's collapse, but the result of rapid decompression inside the aircraft. People tend to think that the oxygen mask will come down if there is a big shock, but it seems that the oxygen mask comes down as a result of decompression.

The reality score was 8.

Then '

Die Hard 2 '. When John McClain, kicked off by an airplane, ignites fuel leaking from the airplane ...

The flame reaches the plane and explodes.

Mr. Moss laughed unintentionally when he saw this scene.

First of all, the scene in which MacLaine thrusts his hand inside the aircraft and spouts fuel is unlikely to be realized, Moss pointed out.

Also, in the movie, the lighter is used to ignite the fuel, but in reality the jet fuel of an airplane is far less flammable than gasoline, so it seems that it will not easily ignite.

The score is 2 out of 10.

The movie '

Flight ', in which a pilot played by Denzel Washington miraculously lands an out-of-control plane, depicts the pilot's struggle.

The protagonist who tries to regain control of the plane throws away fuel ...

About this scene, Moss pointed out that dumping fuel to control the airplane would have no effect. If he had more time to spare, he said he would have no choice but to throw away fuel in an emergency situation that was about to crash.

It seems suspicious whether the aircraft can withstand the fact that the plane flips and keeps flying ...

Even for scenes where the pilot switches to manual operation, it will be difficult to manually operate a heavy airplane, Moss said.

The reality score is 5.

Then, the movie '

Nowing ' in which the hero of the professor of astrophysics played by Nicholas Cage is the main character. A plane turned sideways plunges into the highway ...

I was wrecked.

Mr. Moss who saw this scene said that 'I think it is the most realistic I have seen this time'. It seems that the graphics are also good.

However, regarding the scene where a person wrapped in flames jumps out from a wrecked airplane, all passengers should have died in such an accident, it is not realistic.

The score was 8 out of 10.

Next is the movie '

Miracle on the Hudson River ', which is a movie about the accidental landing of US Airways Flight 1549 .

In the movie, a bird is caught in the engine and an accident occurs, but Moss points out that the engine will be damaged but will not stop completely. It may not have had enough power for the plane to continue flying, but the depiction of complete loss of power is not accurate.

Mr. Moss is also not a favorite because he is strongly opposed to the

National Transportation Safety Commission throughout the movie.

However, there seems to be no big problem in terms of technology, and the reality score was 9 out of 10.

In the '

Aviator ', which depicts the life of a real millionaire Howard Hughes , there is a scene where Hughes makes a test flight of the reconnaissance aircraft XF-11 .

However, Hughes crashes and is seriously injured.

Although the cockpit is drawn quite spacious in the movie, it was said that the cockpit of military aircraft at that time was very narrow with pipes and meters everywhere. Therefore, it seems unlikely that the cockpit of the XF-11, which was developed as a reconnaissance aircraft, was so spacious.

Also, considering the strange fact that the

landing gear runs on the roof of the house ...

The score was 6 points.

'

Dark Knight Rising ', the final version of 'Dark Knight Trilogy' directed by Christopher Nolan, depicts the forcing of one plane onto another.

The wing of the suspended airplane has blown away.

First of all, Mr. Moss said, 'What is the device fixed to the fuselage to suspend that airplane?' If you try to shoot this scene in reality, he points out that the suspended aircraft will also need to be prepared in advance.

The reality score is 6 points.

Mr. Moss, who saw the accident scene in the movie '

Alive for You ', about the accident of Uruguay Air Force Flight 571 ...

'The engine sound is completely wrong,' he said. The accident aircraft was equipped with a

turboprop engine , but in the movie it is said that the sound of the twin reciprocating engine that the dive bomber carries is made.

Also, Mr. Moss developed a

ground approach warning device in 1974 for the scene where the warning light `` PULL UP '' lights up in the cockpit, and the accident in 1972 depicted in the movie He also pointed out that it did not exist at the time.

He also pointed out that it takes too long for the airplane to stop after the accident, and the score is 6 out of 10.

'The

Unbreakable Man, Unbroken ' is a film based on the biography of track and field athlete Luis Zamperini, who was taken prisoner of the Japanese army during World War II.

It depicts a scene in which the

B-24 bomber on which the main character rides is landed on the ocean.

In fact, it's difficult for the B-24 to land cleanly on the ocean, so the gunner wouldn't stay in the turret even though he knew it would land unintentionally.

However, as a whole, it seems that there were few problems, and the score was 9 points out of 10.