Summary:
Two crashes involving the new 737 MAX aircraft, one in October 2018 and one in March 2019, took the lives of 346 people. In this week's episode of Take to the Sky: The Air Disaster Podcast, Shelly recounts the terror that happened onboard Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, as well as the investigation that followed, which led to shocking discoveries about how the aircraft design came to be and the flawed process used to certify the plane as safe.Listen, Review, and Subscribe on:
Sources consulted for this story:
- Accident Report: Lion Air Flight 610
- Interim Accident Report: Ethiopian Airways Flight 302
- Staff Report, USA Today, February 5, 2020. What caused two devastating crashes of the 737 MAX airplane?
- Kent German, CNET.com article, September 16, 2020. FAA, EU finish Boeing 737 Max recertification flights
- Ian Duncan, Michael Laris and Lori Aratani article, The Washington Post, September 16, 2020. Boeing 737 Max crashes were 'horrific culmination' of errors, investigators say
- Lion Air Flight 610, Wikipedia
- Ethiopian Airways Flight 302, Wikipedia
- Boeing 737 MAX Groundings, Wikipedia
- The Flight Channel on YouTube | Here's What Really Happened to Flight 610
- The Flight Channel on YouTube | Here's What Really Happened to Flight 302
- Paul Willis article for Aerospace Testing International, What Broke the 737 Max
- Ethan Steinberg article for The Points Guy, How to differentiate the various types of Boeing 737s
- Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS), Wikipedia
- Reuters article for NCB News, Cockpit voice recorder reveals moments leading up to Lion Air Boeing 737 crash
- Rob Mark article for Flying Magazine, November 2018, FAA Issues Emergency Airworthiness Directive Against Boeing 737 Max 8
- Allied Pilots Association news release, June 2019
- Jeff Wise article for New York Magazine, April 9, 2019. 6 Minutes of Terror: What Passengers and Crew Experienced Aboard Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302
- Oren Liebermann, CNN article, Investigators spread blame in Lion Air crash, but mostly fault Boeing and FAA
- Simon Marks and Abdi Latif Dahir for The New York Times, March 2020. Ethiopian Report on 737 Max Crash Blames Boeing
- Dominic Gates, The Seattle Times, March 2019. Flawed analysis, failed oversight: How Boeing, FAA certified the suspect 737 MAX flight control system
- David Shaper, NPR article, September 30, 2020. "I Like What I See': FAA Chief Flies 737 Max, But Not Ready To Recertify Plane"
Show Notes:
We start this episode by talking about our new favorite quarantine activity: baking! Stephanie baked an almost perfect cheesecake; this photo shares a few of her other creations. Need recipes? Just ask!Credits:
Written and produced by: Shelly Price and Stephanie HubkaDirected and engineered by: Crosse deStreit, Salmon Pond Studios
Sound editing by: Stephanie Hubka
Graphic design and website by: Adam Hubka
Music by: Mike Dunn
Wreckage at the crash scene of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302. Source: Reuters (Tiksa Negeri)
Aircraft involved in the Lion Air crash that was Flight 610. Source: PK-REN
Shoes of passengers of Lion Air Flight 610 at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta, Indonesia. Source: Reuters
Aircraft involved in the Ethiopian Airlines crash that was Flight 302. Source: LLBG Spotter
A Boeing jet, piloted by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) chief Steve Dickson. Source: Elaine Thompson, AP
