FLIGHT 703 - THE SURVIVORS

Year: 2001
Reference: F61617
Media type: Moving image

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Year: 2001
Reference: F61617
Media type: Moving image

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Place of production: New Zealand/Aotearoa
Duration: 0:44:45
Production company: Ninox
Credits: Writer: Gary Scott
Director: Gary Scott
Interviews: Lotta McVeigh
Research: Lotta McVeigh
Camera: Grant Atkinson
Sound: Craig Mullis
Editor: Mike Bennett
Narrator: Tim Gordon
Additional Filming: Peter Clarke
Additional Filming: Craig O’reilly
Additional Filming: Terry Parker
Additional Filming: Simon Parsons
Additional Filming: Sean Rundle
Additional Filming: Lesa Films (Kuala Lumpur)
Legal Consultants: Ian Hay
Legal Consultants: Associates
Legal Consultants: Crengle
Legal Consultants: Shreves
Legal Consultants: Ratner
Series Title Music: Ian Morris
Series Title Music: Tim Pattinson
Series Title Design: Emil Woodruffe
Graphics: Nick Sparrow
Online Editor: James Brackenbury
Sound Editor: Graham Ridding
Animation: Taylormade Productions
Composer: Bruno Barrett-Garnier
Composer: Marmalade Audio
TV3 Network Executive: Jude Callen
Production Manager: Peter Baldock
Executive Producer: John McEwen
Producer: David Harry Baldock

The story of the domestic Ansett New Zealand plane that crashed on a hill near Palmerston North. Individual stories of miraculous survival, heroism and tragedy emerge through the telling of this gripping story of the 15-hour rescue operation which saved 18 people from the crash of regular commuter Flight 703.

Interviewees include Maree Gray; Ian Gray; William McGrory; Pauline Smith (Dixon), Sister; Gladys Green, Mother; David Green; Klaus Lueck; Murray Brown; Rex & Stella Ellwood; Tony Chapman, Air Traffic Controller; Shayne Blake; Guy Beange, Rescue Pilot; Debbie Wilson, Palmerston North Police; Dr Peter Hicks; Petra Gray; Paul Childs, Ambulance Officer; Reg Dixon (Snr, Father); Des Gray, Father; Ash Hazlitt, Woodville Police; David Donaldson, Rescuer; Rick Lucas, Helicopter Pilot; Wendy McGrory; Rosemary Calvert (Green), Sister.