# Most terrifying plane crash (or near crash) on screen or in print

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**Created:** [January 14, 2012, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-terrifying-plane-crash-or-near-crash-on-screen-or-in-print/609529 "2012-01-14T20:49:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-terrifying-plane-crash-or-near-crash-on-screen-or-in-print/609529/41 "2012-01-18T19:18:34Z")

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> [@Mahaloth](#):
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> Easy for me.
> 
> [Watch all 2 minutes of this scene from Knowing. It’s a one-take shot starting after a brief intro.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXwB7_dOtA4#t=2m)
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> Underrated movie, too.
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> Yeesh, that scene still bothers me when I watch it.

OK, just watched that. Harrowing scene. But why is the cop at the beginning looking in a completely different direction from where the plane is coming from in the next shot? Indeed, almost the _opposite_ direction.

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