Aviation Stories of the Month Sep 2020
Our September listener episode. We read funny aviation stories from our listeners.
25 Sep 20201h
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We are the Hard Landings Podcast here to give you insights into commercial aviation disasters: how it happened, what was changed, and how it is now safer to fly.
25 Sep 202021s
Episode 48: FX705
A Fed Ex cargo DC-10 is on its way from Memphis to San Jose when something causes the flight to do many strange flight maneuvers. Find out how a desperate man and a guitar case almost caused this carg...
22 Sep 202046min
Episode 47: NM7100
A Metro Liner (Fairchild Metro III) is on its way to Cork, Ireland when it encounters foggy weather. Find out how weird company procedures, oversight, and bad crew training caused this plane to hit th...
15 Sep 20201h 15min
Episode 46: The Comet Crashes BOAC781 / SA201
A de Havilland Comet 1 (BOAC flight 781) suddenly explodes in midair on its way to London from Rome. Then a few months later another Comet 1 (South African Airways 201), on its way to Cairo from Rome,...
8 Sep 20201h 4min
Episode 45: QF32
A Qantas Airbus A380, the biggest jet airliner, has a catastrophe on its way to Sydney, Australia from Singapore. Find out how bad quality control caused this plane to almost fall out of the sky.
1 Sep 20201h 16min
Episode 44: US1493/ SKW5569 The LA Runway Disaster
A USAir Boeing 737-300 is on its decent into LAX when disaster strikes. Find out how over taxed ATC and unfortunate circumstance causes this plane to crash on its landing.
25 Aug 20201h 24min
Episode 43: AMW5481
An Air Midwest Beechcraft 1900D crashes into a hangar at Greenville–Spartanburg International Airport right after take off. Find out how mechanical and company failures contributed to this accident.
18 Aug 20201h 24min
