Plane Speaking
In Seattle, a new passenger airplane is being assembled. As its components eagerly anticipate their maiden flight, the Black Box embarks on an investigation into its own safety.
By Robert Hudson
Inventive drama which explores the circumstances that led to the crashes of two Boeing 737 Max airplanes in a five month period, and the subsequent worldwide grounding of the entire fleet of the aircraft.
We are in Seattle in 2018, where a new passenger airplane is being assembled. It is a new 737 Max, Boeing's flagship aircraft designed to compete with its rival Airbus.
The aircraft's components are eagerly anticipating their maiden flight when they hear that another new 737 Max has crashed shortly after take off in Indonesia. The plane's Black Box flight recorder suspects that there is more to the story than pilot error, and embarks on a self-appointed mission to investigate what could have caused the crash.
Black Box . . . . . Fenella Woolgar
Chip . . . . . Clare Foster
Engine . . . . . Ed Gaughan
AOA . . . . . Kymberley Cochrane
Autopilot . . . . . Georgie Glen
Wing . . . . . Ewan Bailey
Firaz . . . . . Samuel James
Ed . . . . . Gerard McDermott
News Anchor . . . . . Leah Marks
Sound design: Keith Graham and Peter Ringrose
Production co-ordinator: Hannah O'Reilly
Director: Sasha Yevtushenko
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- Sat 1 Apr 2023 15:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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