Episode 20 - A catastrophic Chinook gearbox failure and a mysterious RAF crash in 1994
This is episode 20 and it’s all about helicopters. Thanks first of all to Martin Darlington who hosts History by Hollywood podcast and is a highly experienced helicopter pilot and instructor. He has a...
22 Des 202041min
Episode 19 - Cockpit Voice Recorders (CVR) and Flight Data Recorders (FDR)
It was Australia that initiated the mandatory installation of cockpit voice recorders after an accident in 1960, while we’ll also probe a mid-air collision involving United Airlines and Trans World Ai...
4 Nov 202020min
Episode 18 - The Tenerife disaster, CRM part two & the introduction of read back procedures
This episode we’ll probe the Tenerife disaster on 27 March 1977 which remains the most deadly aviation accident in history. 583 people died when two Boeing 747s collided on the Canary Island of Tene...
22 Sep 202028min
Episode 17 - United Airlines Flight 173 flameout as pilots dither & the May 2020 Karachi crash
This episode explores an accident at a time of Covid-19 – which may be too recent to have a direct effect on civil aviation safety and yet the causes appear to be directly linked to poor Cockpit Resou...
30 Jul 202021min
Episode 16 - The mystery of MH370 & Malaysia’s hapless response
This episode is fraught because we just don’t know what happened to Malaysian Flight MH370 and many pilots would say any sort of scientific conclusion is going to be a jump to a conclusion. However,...
25 Jun 202027min
Episode 15 - The first jetliner crash, Comair flight 5191 on the wrong runway & a crocodile in a bag
This is episode 15 and its all about unusual accidents including one that most likely involved a crocodile. But let’s start with what was called the first ever jetliner crash in 1953.That was an inc...
11 Mai 202019min
Episode 14 - Covid-19 crashes Global Aviation but here are the likely future scenarios
This is episode 14 and I was expecting to continue with the planned series but I’m afraid the world has changed in the last few weeks. Needless to say, if anything has to be done right now, it’s to un...
15 Apr 202017min
Episode 13 - How Iran downed Ukraine Air SR752 & Social Media helped uncover the truth
Unfortunately this week we have an example of where safety was improved over the decades – but the growing tension in the world appears to have reversed some of the gains made. This is largely because...
2 Mar 202021min
