Derek Smith (television producer) looking at life at a US Air Force base at Mildenhall in East Anglia. (1967) Smith produced "The Flight Deck Story", the history of the aircraft carrier, filmed on HMS Eagle and on USS Enterprise off the coast of Vietnam. He also produced "Mission To Hell", which followed the Bishop of Birmingham Leonard Wilson returning to Singapore to tell his story of war time imprisonment by the Japanese Army. Another military history film Smith made at this time was "Jump Jet", the history of the Hawker Harrier, vertical take-off or land aircraft. A film for the series The World About
Continental Airlines Flight 603 Continental Airlines Flight 603 Continental Airlines Flight 603 was a scheduled McDonnell Douglas DC-10 flight between Los Angeles International Airport and Honolulu International Airport. On March 1, 1978, it crashed during an aborted takeoff, resulting in the deaths of four passengers. The aircraft involved in the accident was a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10, registered N68045, which had made its first flight in 1972. The aircraft began its take-off from Los Angeles International Airport at approximately 9:25 am. During the take-off roll, the recapping tread of the No. 2 tire on the left main landing gear separated from the tire and the