Patreon Episode: The 1991 LAX Runway Disaster

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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.
Wreckage of US Air 1493 and Skywest 569 on the runway at Los Angeles International Airport on February 1, 1991. Photo by unknown photographer

Wreckage of US Air 1493 and Skywest 569 on the runway at Los Angeles International Airport on February 1, 1991.

LAX Runway Disaster

Diagram showing movement of both aircraft on the LAX runway by the NTSB