Summary: In aviation, the most dangerous part of any flight is statistically the first few minutes and the last few minutes, when flight crews have less time to react to problems that may arise. In this week’s episode of Take … Read More
Summary: The morning of Janaury 26, 2020 forever changed the world of sports when the devastating news emerged that basketball legend Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, and seven others had been killed in a helicopter crash. In this week’s … Read More
Exclusive for Podcrashers: When Eastern Airlines 212 crashed on September 11, 1974, just short of the runway, 72 people were killed, including 3 members of the Colbert family. Their loss forever changed their remaining family members, including then 10 year … Read More
Summary: On December 4, 1965, fear and panic erupted in the skies above Carmel, New York when TWA Flight 42 and Eastern Airlines Flight 853 collided. In this week’s episode of Take to the Sky: the Air Disaster Podcast, Stephanie … Read More
Summary: It should have been just another landing. But when the pilots of Eastern Airlines Flight 212 have trouble locating a landmark on their final approach to the airport on September 11, 1974, things suddenly go from routine to disastrous. … Read More
Exclusive for Podcrashers: On December 8, 1972, United Air Lines Flight 553 departed from Washington, DC- but it never reached the runway at Chicago’s Midway Airport. In this week’s episode of Take to the Sky: the Air Disaster Podcast, Stephanie … Read More
It’s hard to believe we’re already heading into another calendar year! In this episode of Take to the Sky: the Air Disaster Podcast, Shelly and Stephanie recap another year of telling air disaster stories and learning about their legacies. Wondering … Read More
Exclusive for Podcrashers: There was a lot happening in the skies above in 2022, and no one kept us more informed about what was going on than our listening community! In this month’s Patreon-exclusive layover episode, Stephanie shares some of … Read More
Summary: 41 passengers boarded Allegheny Airlines Flight 736 on a cold and snowy December 24, 1968, and none of them were prepared for the dramatic and life-threatening way their flight would end. In this week’s episode of Take to the … Read More
Exclusive for Podcrashers: On September 8, 1989, Partnair Flight 394 crashed off the Danish coast, killing all 55 people onboard. In this Patreon-exclusive episode, Shelly shares how the AIBN investigation exposed a dark secret in the aviation industry, and in … Read More