X-Ray Mega Airport (2015)

Race Against the Clock

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.

Released May 21, 2015 Episode 45 min 10+

Genres: Documentary

Watch Providers: fuboTV

Production Companies: Voltage TV

Network: Discovery

Country: United Kingdom
Languages: German, English

IMDb

6.3

/17/

Trakt

/11/

TMDb

Colin Mace
Narrator

S1E1 - Race Against the Clock

May 21, 2015, midnight

S1E2 - Total Control

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.

May 28, 2015, midnight

S1E3 - The Airport Never Sleeps

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

June 4, 2015, midnight

S1E4 - Crossroads of the World

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.

June 11, 2015, midnight

S1E5 - Failure Is Not An Option

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.

June 18, 2015, midnight

Discovery

45 min/ep

225 min

May 21, 2015

June 18, 2015, midnight

Ended

TV-PG / 10+