Exclusive for Podcrashers:
On the night of February 1, 1991, controllers at LAX airport are busy handling departing and arriving flights. When US Air 1493 explodes on the runway, no one is prepared to come to terms with what has just happened until firefighters extinguish the blaze and they discover even more horror: there are not one but two planes involved in this accident. Join Shelly for this Patreon-exclusive episode as she walks us through the sequence of events that led to the accident - and how this runway collision forever changed aviation.Sources consulted for this story:
- NTSB Final Report
- Flight Safety Detectives Episode
- Plane Crash Fandom
- Eric Malnic and Rich Connell for The Los Angeles Times
- Marc Stein for The Los Angeles Times
- Associated Press
- Aviation Safety Network
- Mayday Air Crash Investigations courtesy of Wonder on YouTube
- ACI stats on airports
- Fairchild Metroliner Wikipedia
- Flight Safety Foundation
- Ben Baldanza for Forbes
Credits:
Written and produced by: Shelly Price and Stephanie HubkaDirected and engineered at: Snow Monster Studios
Sound editor: Podcast Engineers
Producer: Adam Hubka
Music by: Mike Dunn
Wreckage of US Air 1493 and Skywest 569 on the runway at Los Angeles International Airport on February 1, 1991.
Diagram showing movement of both aircraft on the LAX runway by the NTSB
