Channel 5 bosses reveal surprising garden tool used to recreate the deadliest plane disasters for gripping new series
CHANNEL 5 enlisted the help of a garden tool to recreate some of the deadliest plane disasters for their new series.
Bosses at the broadcaster will reenact some of the world’s most frightening ordeals for Terror at 30,000.
The new series will hear from passengers who experienced the terror in real life, such as a British Airways flight plummeting towards the ground.
The Sun can reveal Channel 5 bosses hired disused commercial airplanes to film the new series, based at an airfield in Surrey.
But despite recreating a window being blown out of a plane and 180mph winds entering the cockpit, the aircraft never left the ground.
Thinking on their feet, execs used a leaf-blower to give the illusion to viewers at home.
An insider said: “Bosses quickly learned if they aimed a leaf-blower at the actor posing as a pilot it gave the same effect as the terrifying ordeal.
“Obviously for safety reasons the planes booked for the shoot never took off, so to create severe turbulence on screen producers also had to get creative.
“They made the cameras shake while they had production members underneath empty seats aggressively jolting them.”
Our insider added the passengers on the doomed flights were made up of extras and crew.
The first episode of Terror at 30,000 feet, which kicks off on Friday at 9pm, will show the shocking moment a passenger breaks into the cockpit of a BA flight shortly after take-off.
As the hijacker wrestles with the pilots, the flight bound for Kenya is just 60 seconds from smashing into the ground.
It’s based on the true story of flight BA2069 from Gatwick to Kenya all the way back in 2000.
Captain Bill Hagan was in command of the flight and punched the hijacker hard enough to pull him off the controls before male passengers helped tie him up and safely land the plane.
Terror at 30,000 airs Friday at 9pm on Channel 5 and My5.
Plane etiquette
IF you're planning on going away any time soon, you'll need to pay attention to the following unwritten plane etiquette rules...
RECLINING SEAT: Podcast host and etiquette expert Nick Leighton explained that you shouldn’t recline your seat if the passenger behind you is working on their laptop.
He said: “Nobody likes their laptop snapped in half.”
Before you recline your seat, it’s best to check to see what the passenger behind you is doing.
If they are on a laptop, ask before you move your seat back.
FEET: A flight attendant told The Sun: “Your boarding card tells you a number and a letter, this will be the reserved seat that you have paid for.
“Your feet, which are attached to your body, should do their best to reside within this space and stay far away from anyone else.
“If you do insist on stretching out, please make sure your feet are covered up.”
CHAT: TV travel expert Samantha Brown explained that conversations from strangers aren’t welcome, suggesting that others shouldn’t expect a chat.
She added: “I’m not a talker. Plane time is me time.”