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CursedSiliconyesterday at 8:12 PM3 repliesview on HN

One of my favourite memories of flying Qantas when I was younger was the inflight entertainment.

If memory serves, they were celebrating some sort of milestone like "60 years without a fatal accident" or similar. Quite an impressive feat!

I'm unclear if it was directly related. But the Qantas inflight entertainment system on our flight from Sydney to Los Angeles meanwhile contained about 12 seasons of the National Geographic series "Air Crash Investigation" (Mayday: Air Disasters for Americans)

I will admit that show made an 18 hour slog of a flight significantly more enjoyable


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Insanitytoday at 4:35 AM

Lol, I quite like the show and considered watching it. But then thought other passengers on the plane might see it and become a bit unsettled by it.

So last few times I opted for "To Catch A Smuggler". Still flight related but hopefully less unsettling.

AdamJacobMullertoday at 1:12 AM

Watching Mayday on flights is one of my favorite things to do for some odd reason.

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alex1138today at 2:14 AM

That's hilarious. They don't think about "hey, maybe not show this, we might have nervous passengers"?