在大英帝国统治期间，它偷了很多东西。如今，这些文物被收藏在英国和世界各地的高雅机构中。它们通常带有礼貌的牌匾。这是一个关于这些物品背后不那么礼貌的历史的系列。每一集，获奖的记者、作家和遗传家常马克·芬内尔(Marc Fennell)都会挑选一件人工制品，带你经历一场狂野的、令人回味的、有时有趣的、通常是悲剧的冒险，讲述它是如何发展到今天的地步的。这些物品最终将帮助我们以不同的眼光看待今天的英联邦——以及我们自己。
"Miss, what's that?" the kid asked the stewardess, pointing to a small crack that he noticed in celing above him. At that point, the crack widens and the entire roof of the airplane is ripped off. Based on a true story. On April 28, 1988, Aloha Airlines flight 243, halfway between Big Island and Maui, suddenly lost an 18-foot section of its front fuselage, due to metal fatigue. At 24,000 feet of altitude, the sudden decompression leaves room for panic in the cabin. But in the flight deck, Captain Schornstheimer and First Officer Tompkins are faced with the difficult task of safely landing the crippled, barely-controllable airliner, as the title says.
