Hard Landings

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Episode 26: LDA004 Apr 14, 2020

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A 767-300 operated by Nikki Lauda’s airline Lauda Air is on its last leg of a three leg flight to Vienna. Find out how a thrust reverser caused this flight to go catastrophic and crash in the Phu Toei National Park in Thailand.

Episode 25: UA553 Apr 07, 2020

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As this flight crew is on their approach they crash just miles from the threshold of the runway at Chicago Midway Airport. Find out how this crash embodies many issues in crew resource management and caused the first fatal crash of a Boeing 737.

Episode 24: KLM4805/PA1736 Tenerife Disaster (Part 2) Mar 31, 2020

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Two Boeing 747 aircraft collide on a runway in the Canary Islands. In this part, find out what caused these two planes to collide creating the worst accident in aviation history.

Episode 23: PA1736/KLM4805 Tenerife Disaster (Part 1) Mar 24, 2020

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Two Boeing 747 aircraft collide on a runway in the Canary Islands. In this part, find out the story behind this horrible disaster.

Episode 22: ABQ202 Mar 17, 2020

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An A321 crashes into the Margalla Hills in Pakistan far from the airport that the plane should have been landing at. Find out how a break down in crew resource management and not following instructions caused this aircraft to smash into the hills.

Episode 21: SOU932 Mar 10, 2020

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A DC-9 crashes with most of a University football team/staff and government officials on board. Find out how misinterpretation or incorrect instrument use may have caused this plane to fly into a hill miles from the airport.

Episode 20: BW523 Mar 03, 2020

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A Boeing 737-800 is landing in Trinidad and Tobago on a three leg flight. Find out how a tired pilot and poor crew resource management caused this aircraft to overrun the runway.

Episode 19: AF4590 Feb 25, 2020

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An Air France Concorde tries to make a standard take off out of the Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris. Find out how a lot of fuel and another plane caused this supersonic jet to catch fire and fall out of the sky.

Episode 18: TWA260 Feb 18, 2020

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A small flight going from Albuquerque to Santa Fe, New Mexico is climbing out to their cruising altitude. Learn what happens when they cannot see through snow and fog on their climb out.

Thank you to Megan Storey for suggesting this incident!

Please take a minute to check out The Blackbox Series on Youtube. It's a video summary of significant aviation disasters and how they impacted flying today. You can find the channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChq9J4VLuIDhI03UhUXrD8Q/featured.

Episode 17: AA587 Feb 11, 2020

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An American Airlines A300 crashes in Queens, New York just months after 9/11. Find out how over flying the aircraft caused this terrible disaster.

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