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A busy evening in New Delhi's skies turned tragic on November 12, 1996 when Saudi Arabian Airlines Flight 763 and Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907 met 14,000 feet above this ground. In this Patreon-exclusive episode, Stephanie shares the stories of the flights better known as the 1996 Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision, the extensive investigation that followed, and the powerful legacy that shaped safe travel for all of us.Sources consulted for this story:
- GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL. AVIATION : Official Accident Report
- Times of India: Haryana's Charkhi Dadri plans a memorial for 1996 mid-air collision victims
- New York Times: Two Airliners Collide in Midair, Killing All 351 Aboard in India
- New York Times: One Jet in Crash Over India Ruled Off Course
- Independent: Human error is blamed for crash
- CNN: Pilot error focus of India collision investigation
- Indian Express: Turbulence factor gains ground in Charkhi-Dadri crash probe
- Rediff: Communication gap caused Charkhi Dadri mishap: ATC guild
- Rediff: Charkhi Dadri collision occurred in ""heavy clouds"": US pilot
- NDTV: Charkhi Dadri: I Filmed The Remains Of When 2 Planes Collided
- AP: Transcript in Air Collision That Killed 349 Showed All Appeared Normal
- Washington Post: AT LEAST 349 ARE KILLED IN COLLISION OF TWO JETLINERS IN SKY OVER INDIA
- India Today: Saudi-Kazakh air collision: Boeing 747 crashes into IL-76 over Indian skies killing 351
- AP: INDIA: VICTIMS OF AIR CRASH DISASTER ARE CREMATED IN MASS CEREMONY
- Times of India: Haryana's Charkhi Dadri plans a memorial for 1996 mid-air collision victims
- New York Times: Two Airliners Collide in Midair, Killing All 351 Aboard in India
- Airliners.net: Charkhi Dadri Mid-Air Collision: 15 Years Later
- Fifty Two: Collision
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
Wreckage found the morning after the Charkhi Dadri Mid-Air Collision. Source: Getty Images
Workers extinguish the flames after the plane crash. Source: Alchetron
The Charkhi Dadri Mid-Air Collision crash site. Source: Reuters
Relatives searching through the plane crash wreckage. Source: Reuters
