Episode 28 - The Lockerbie Bombing of 1988 and how airline security improved
It was some trepidation that I’ve decided to eventually cover the Pan Am Flight 103 disaster over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 which killed 259 passengers and crew as well as 11 people on the ground. ...
4 Mai 202233min
Episode 27 - Emotional distress and the 2018 US-Bangla Airlines crash that killed 51
We’re focusing on the US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211 that came in too high and fast at Kathmandu Airport on 12th March 2018 then slid off the runway and burst into flames. 51 of the 71 on board died ...
11 Mar 202220min
Episode 26 - VOR confusion in 1986: The Tupolev crash that killed Mozambique President Samora Machel
This is episode 26 and we’re focusing on one of the most conspiracy-theory speckled accidents in history, the October 1986 crash of a Tupolev TU-134 jetliner that was carrying Mozamibican president Sa...
5 Feb 202228min
Episode 25 - Two mountains and four CFITs: Air India, Pakistan & Thai Airlines
This is episode 25 – and I’m going to take a closer look at the Pakistan international Airlines Crash in Katmandu in 1992 along with a Thai Airlines accident there a few week earlier. The Pakistan cr...
26 Des 202126min
Episode 24 - Alaskan Flight 1866, American Airlines Flight 965 and Don Bateman’s brilliant EGPWS
This is episode 24 and comes courtesy of a suggestion by one of my listeners called Russell – surname withheld as he’s an operating commercial pilot. Don’t want to upset the corporation you know. ...
25 Sep 202123min
Episode 23 - Imperial Airways and the link between flying boats and passenger briefings
This is episode 23 and we’re dealing with flying boat accidents. You may be surprised to hear but one accident in particular involving an Imperial Airways flying boat in 1939 set in motion the use o...
20 Jul 202118min
Episode 22 - – A History of Traffic Collision Avoidance Systems
This is episode 22 and we’re going to hear more about an accident in the skies over India that was the final push in the drive to deploy traffic collision avoidance systems known as TCAS. Initially ...
1 Jun 202121min
Episode 21 - “An orchestrated litany of lies" the Mount Erebus disaster and a tainted investigation
This is episode 21 and we’re taking a close look at the Mount Erebus disaster where an Air New Zealand McDonald Douglas DC-10 crashed on 28th November 1979, killing all 257 passengers and crew. At fi...
1 Feb 202137min
