Exclusive for Podcrashers:
There are many disasters that can be avoided in the world of aviation, but a flight crew has to know about potential threats in order to avoid them. In this month's Patreon-exclusive episode of Take to the Sky: the Air Disaster Podcast, Stephanie shares a shocking story of how one plane's safe flight was threatened by an undetectable obstacle and how huge portions of the aviation industry responded to make flying safer for all of us.Sources consulted for this story:
- NTSB: Official Accident Report
- WRTV: Remembering Indiana's worst air disaster, 50-years later
- Aviation Safety: See And Be Seen?
- Allegheny Airlines Flight 853 Memorial
- Indiana Haunted Houses: Flight 852 Crash Site
- The Kokomo Tribune: Flight 853 Crash
- Indianapolis Star: Retro Indy: Allegheny Airlines crash Sept. 9, 1969 killed 83 near Shelbyville
- Shelby County Post: Allegheny 853 remembered with memorial
- Fox59: Loved ones honor Shelbyville crash victims 50 years later
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
Debris from Flight 852. Source: Indianapolis Star
The DC-9's reconstruction during the investigation. Source: Allegheny853.net
The Cherokeee's wreckage. Source: Patrick Walts
