Talk:BOAC Flight 911

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A fact from this article was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the On this day section on March 5, 2013, March 5, 2016, March 5, 2019, March 5, 2022, and March 5, 2023.

Some people may be wondering why I placed this article in the 'James Bond' category, so I will explain.

At the time of the flight, Cubby Broccoli, Harry Saltzman, Ken Adam, Lewis Gilbert and Freddie Young intended to leave Japan on Flight 911 after their scouting trip for You Only Live Twice (film), but canceled their tickets at the last moment to see a ninjutsu demonstration.

This is important because had they gotten on that plane, we would have lost some of the people who brought us this franchise for over 40 years.

Anyway, I placed two citations for this in the article for anyone who is interested. Also, there are references to this crash in the 'You Only Live Twice' movie article here at Wikipedia.

If true, that flight otherwise would have killed the two founding partners of Danjaq and Eon Productions, as well as the production designer, the film director, and the director of photography of You Only Live Twice.

I say "if true," because page 211 of Cubby Broccoli's posthumously published autobiography quotes him as having said that he and Ken Adam had been scheduled to leave Tokyo on Flight 911, but that Broccoli canceled that reservation for the two of them when he learned that only on the day of that flight could he see "an Army film . . . of the Ninja Fighters" that "I must see, and you must see."

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talk) 00:40, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply

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I knew about Mr. Broccoli and Mr. Adam, but did he say anything about his other three associates?

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talk) 23:27, 17 December 2008 (UTC)[reply

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Missing the flight did not only apply to the passengers. At least one BOAC employee, a Chief Steward, was also scheduled to be on the flight but changed at the last minute. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Buller1968 (talk • contribs) 13:17, 4 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Would one of today's airliners survive turbulence of -4/+9g ?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.24.197.202 (talk) 12:34, 25 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Almost certainly not. +9G is what the WW II Supermarine Spitfire fighter was stressed to, and that was far higher than for a bomber or transport-type aeroplane. I suspect that the 707 was stressed to about +4 or-so, so it's not surprising if the wings or tail failed under a load of around +9G. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.40.248.168 (talk) 22:10, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Did they released that film to the public? I hate myself for that temptation, but still would want to see it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by KyllanT (talk • contribs) 23:01, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It seems worth mentioning that "Speedbird 911" is how air traffic controllers would have referred to the flight.

The "Speedbird" call sign is actually from here: Speedbird - it's the name of the Imperial Airways, later BOAC, and now BA emblem. IIRC, the airline's head office was named "Speedbird House". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.7.147.13 (talk) 18:55, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Shouldn't there be an actual section of the article dedicated to the crash itself? It seems a glaring omission from an article about a crash. --Piledhigheranddeeper (talk) 16:01, 5 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Below information has been tagged for needing citations since March. Please feel free to re-add this information with appropriate references. DonIago (talk) 19:29, 27 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Surely there would have been official reports by the planes, operator, manufacturer and of course the Japanese Air safety authorities. Are they online? Graham1973 (talk) 03:44, 24 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

In the 'Flight and accident' section, there's seem to be no information about how the plane broke up and crashed. Can someone include this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by MattChatt18 (talk • contribs) 17:43, 2 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It appears in the first part of the Investigation section which is probably why it is missed, feel free to move the relevant information into the accident section. MilborneOne (talk) 18:45, 2 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Done — Preceding unsigned comment added by MattChatt18 (talk • contribs) 13:13, 3 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]