X-Ray Mega Airport
Frankfurt Airport serves 200,000 daily passengers. X-Ray: Mega Airport reveals the engineering behind this mini-city's operations, from planes to terminals, using advanced cameras and CGI to explore its machinery and workforce.
Cast:Colin Mace , Joachim Schwarzenberg , Cliff Andrae , Gregor Kallert , Ben Schlappig , James Ashcraft , Ute Pohl , Georgios Poritsanos , Robert Stammbach , Richard Arnold , Thonas Klappich , Ferdinand Lutz , Salvatore Cunto , Wolfgang Raibiger , Thomas Strunz , Lothar Mally , Alex Diolulu , Katharina Riebesehl
S1.E1 ∙ Race Against the Clock
What is the most hectic job at the airport, and what does it take to get an airliner parked, fuelled, cleaned, loaded and boarded for its next flight?
S1.E2 ∙ Total Control
Find out how every action is precisely controlled with state-of-the-art equipment to X-ray scan the airport, from the baggage network to the cockpit.
S1.E3 ∙ The Airport Never Sleeps
At one of the biggest and busiest airports in the world, there is no downtime. It requires watchful controllers, hard-working emergency teams, and high-tech equipment operating day and night, 24/7. Go behind the scenes at Frankfurt Airport and see firsthand how their on-site firefighters control the flames when disaster hits the runway. Enter the air traffic control tower, where another team that never hits the off switch patrols the skies overhead. Meet the rest of the crews working to keep this Mega Airport working round-the-clock.
S1.E4 ∙ Crossroads of the World
700 flights from 5 continents land at Frankfurt Airport every day, a feat only possible due to specialists from 70 countries working together to welcome passengers into this busy hub. Meet the teams that connect this Mega Airport to the globe. We show how over 20,000 weird and wonderful ground vehicles race across the tarmac to keep flights on schedule, how retail specialists have turned international shopping into a science, and how a four-legged fleet of sniffer dogs are leading the fight against global drug smuggling.
S1.E5 ∙ Failure is Not an Option
At an airport, one simple mistake can mean the loss of millions of dollars, or worse, the loss of lives. At Frankfurt's international airport, everything must go off without a hitch, and for all who work here, they know that failure is not an option. Go behind the scenes and follow the highly specialized employees who repair the engines, screen all the passengers and luggage, change the runway lights, and keep a Mega Airport that uses more electricity than some small countries powered up.
