Exclusive for Podcrashers:
May 2, 1970 should have been a beautiful day for flying as ALM Flight 980 made its way from New York to St. Maarten, but it wasn't long before bad weather entered the picture and cast doubt on whether a smooth landing was in store for the crew and passengers. In this month's Patreon-exclusive episode of Take to the Sky: the Air Disaster Podcast, Stephanie shares the story of how one flight crew realized that their landing might not just be bumpy-- it might not happen at all.Sources consulted for this story:
- Official Accident Report
- Emilio Corsetti III: 35 Miles from Shore: the Ditching and Rescue of ALM Flight 980
- Simple Flying: ALM Antillean Airlines Flight 980 - A Cabin Crew Perspective
- New York Times: 40 of 63 on New York Jet Safe in Caribbean Ditching
- PR Newswire: Fifty Years Ago This May, a Commercial Airliner Ran Out of Fuel and Ditched in the Caribbean Sea
- Curaçao Chronicle: Join the Curaçao International Airport on May 2, 2020 in remembering a true local hero, Margareth Abraham
- Why Planes Crash Brace for Impact - 2009 Documentary Part (2/3)
- New York Times: Pilot of Ditched Plane Testifies Public Address Unit Was Out
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
Captain DeWitt, in a photo taken a few weeks before the accident. Source: 35 Miles from Shore
The three members of the flight crew. Source: 35 Miles from Shore
The aircraft flown for Flight 980. Source: 35 Miles from Shore
