Episode 65: British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) Flight 911

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Summary:

As the crew of BOAC Flight 911 tried to get closer to give their passengers a better view of Mount Fuji on March 5, 1966, disaster suddenly struck, and the 707 fell in pieces back to earth. Following the crash, investigators would discover an unknown and invisible phenomenon that we understand today, but that in 1966, literally tore a passenger jet out of the sky.



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Credits:

Written and produced by: Shelly Price and Stephanie Hubka
Directed and engineered at: Snow Monster Studios
Sound editor: Stephanie Hubka
Producer: Adam Hubka
Music by: Mike Dunn
BOAC Flight 911

BOAC Flight 911 before the crash. Source: Airlive.net

Mt. Fuji

Clouds indicating mountain wave. Source: Medium

BOAC Flight 911

Eyewitness photos showing the breakup and death spiral of BOAC 911. Source: Airlive.net

BOAC Flight 911

Crash scene photo of BOAC Flight 911