SAFETY CATCH 5

This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: BFE 290).

Synopsis

I. Item stressing the importance of engineering checks - Squadron Leader Murphy discusses a problem he once encountered with his Hawk aircraft's control column during a training mission.

II. Details of a "Well Done" award given to Sergeant Whiteman, a fireman at RAF Honiton, whose sharp eyes spotted a problem with a Tornado.

III. Discussion of the risk of Tornado crashes after steep dives due to inadequate awareness of the risks involved.

IV. Reconstructions of incidents, one at Hanover on 6 May 1988, where a Chinook landing for an air display collided with an commercial airline passenger bridge when taxiing (with three fatalities) and a crash during an aerobatics at RAF Abingdon in September 1988 which resulted in two deaths.

V. Reconstruction of an emergency landing at Gibraltar involving a Buccaneer aircraft, described by the pilot, Flying Officer Mike Saunders; the undercarriage failed to retract and an engine shut down due to fire, but Flying Officer Saunders landed the aircraft safely and was awarded a Green Endorsement. (Good aerial shots of the Rock of Gibraltar.)

RAF flight safety video magazine, introduced by Air Commodore Nattrass AFC, Air Cdre Ops HQSTC, and Wing Commander P B Atkins, and containing five items introduced by various Flight Safety Officers.

Notes

Technical: labelled "Master".

 

Titles

  • SAFETY CATCH 5
Series Title:
RAF STRIKE COMMAND, HIGH WYCOMBE, VIDEOCASSETTE COLLECTION
 

Technical Data

Year:
1989
Running Time:
25 minutes
Film Gauge (Format):
U-matic
Colour:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
GB
Sponsor
Royal Air Force
photography
Headquarters Strike Command Photographic Section
Production company
Headquarters Strike Command Flight Safety Unit
Production company
Headquarters Strike Command PWHQ CCTV Facilities