AvTalk Episode 249: Japan Airlines flight 516
On this episode of AvTalk, we explore what we know so far about the collision between Japan Airlines flight JL516 and a Japan Coast Guard aircraft in Tokyo on 2 January. We spend time laying out the f...
5 Jan 202458min
AvTalk Episode 248: Our favorite conversations of 2023
As we close out the year we look back on our a few of our favorite AvTalk conversations from 2023. There were many great ones to choose from, so visit our archive to hear them all. We’ve picked out a ...
29 Dec 202340min
AvTalk Episode 247: He’s a stowaway!
On this episode of AvTalk, we scratch our heads trying to figure out the story of a stowaway who managed to make it from Copenhagen to Los Angeles aboard an SAS flight. Stopped by a US customs officer...
22 Dec 202337min
AvTalk Episode 246: Getting goosed
On this episode of AvTalk, Jason is still alive, Ian makes his way home from Sweden, passengers on a Delta flight are waylaid in Goose Bay, and Boeing picks a Pope. Ian and Jason are back in action th...
15 Dec 202329min
AvTalk Episode 245: Alaska says Aloha
On this week’s episode of AvTalk, Gabriel Leigh joins Ian in Stockholm to discuss his travels for the Flightradar24 YouTube channel, including a very exciting trip coming up in January. And we speak w...
8 Dec 202335min
AvTalk Episode 244: Olov Lindström: how to land a 787 in Antarctica
On this week’s episode of AvTalk, Jason checks in from Taipei and Ian sits down with Olov Lindström, Norse Atlantic Airways Fleet Chief pilot and the first person to captain a 787 to Antarctica. We le...
1 Dec 202338min
AvTalk Episode 243: Turkey, mashed potatoes, and Shinkansen
We bring you an abbreviated Thanksgiving week episode, partly because of the Thanksgiving holiday, but mostly because Jason is wandering around Japan on high speed trains. We have some updates on stor...
24 Nov 20239min
AvTalk Episode 242: Quit horsing around back there
On this week’s episode of AvTalk, a horse escapes its stall onboard a 747 flying from New York to Liege. A panel of experts says decades of congressional meddling and underfunding of the FAA introduce...
17 Nov 202352min
