Plane Speaking

Available for over a year

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