X-Ray Mega Airport

Frankfurt Airport serves 200,000 daily passengers. X-Ray: Mega Airport reveals the engineering behind this mini-citys operations, from planes to terminals, using advanced cameras and CGI to explore its machinery and workforce.

2015 HD 45min TV-PG United Kingdom English

Colin Mace

Documentary

S1E1 - Race Against the Clock 2015-05-21

Discover how every action at a mega-airport is planned to the hour, the minute, and the second. Keeping to such a regimented schedule requires thousands of engineers to race against the clock, twenty-four hours a day.

S1E2 - Total Control 2015-05-28

Using advanced equipment to x-ray scan the airport, find out how every action is precisely and predictably controlled, including that of the passengers as they enter the terminal, one of the most highly-controlled environments on Earth.

S1E3 - The Airport Never Sleeps 2015-06-04

Head behind the scenes at one of Europe’s busiest hubs, and discover how an operation the size of Frankfurt never enjoys down-time.

S1E4 - Crossroads of the World 2015-06-11

Head into the heart of this global mega-airport and explore its vital role in the world’s vast international air network. Flights from five continents land at Germany’s biggest airport every day - a feat only possible due to specialists from seventy countries working together to welcome passengers to the Frankfurt hub.

S1E5 - Failure Is Not An Option 2015-06-18

The airport’s engineering teams are under pressure, managing specialist technology that they cannot risk to fail. Witness an engine change on an A380 airliner, before finding out the precautions involved in pumping tens of thousands of litres of highly flammable aviation fuel.

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