Episodes

Exclusive for Podcrashers: In the dark of the pre-dawn sky on Halloween 1979, Western Air Lines 2605 was about to touchdown on the runway at Mexico City when, suddenly, something unexpected happened that turned a routine landing into an unimaginable … Read More

Exclusive for Podcrashers: “When snow factors into an air disaster, it’s almost always safe to assume the weather is to blame for any unsafe conditions that arise. In this month’s Patreon-exclusive episode of Take to the Sky: the Air Disaster … Read More

Exclusive for Podcrashers: Every safe airplane landing is really the story of thousands of people who risked it all to make it possible. In this month’s Patreon-exclusive layover episode of Take to the Sky: the Air Disaster Podcast, Stephanie introduces … Read More

Exclusive for Podcrashers: On September 6, 1971, private charter Paninternational 112 encountered problems as soon as it became airborne when both engines failed while the plane was just hundreds of feet from the ground. In this Patreon-only episode of Take … Read More

Exclusive for Podcrashers: On May 10, 2022, while passenger Darren Harrison relaxed onboard a single engine Cessna, his worst nightmare came true: the pilot became unconscious and unable to fly. On this exclusive Patreon-only layover episode of Take to the … Read More

Exclusive for Podcrashers: For the passengers on Delta Airlines Flight 1288, it was as if there were two realities playing out in a single cabin: for some passengers, their takeoff seemed to be aborted without reason. For others, the flames … Read More

Exclusive for Podcrashers: Time and time again, the stories we tell are testaments to the professionalism, training, and experience that flight crews bring to the cockpit. Still, there are situations that call for crew resource management, communication, and instinct that … Read More

Exclusive for Podcrashers: British Airways Flight 38 was going according to plan – until it wasn’t. With less than a minute left before the Boeing 777 was to land at Heathrow Airport on January 17, 2008, both engines rolled back … Read More

Exclusive for Podcrashers: On January 26, 1972, JAT Airways Flight 367 broke up in air and crash landed in a wooded area near the village of Srbská Kamenice in Czechoslovakia (now Czechia), killing 27of the 28 people onboard. While it … Read More

Exclusive for Podcrashers: Nepal has been a beacon to adventuresome travelers for decades, and for 99 passengers on Thai Airways Flight 311 on July 31, 1992, Kathmandu was the entry point to their adventure. In this month’s Patreon-exclusive episode of … Read More

Exclusive for Podcrashers: In the world of aviation, there are few people as well-known as Amelia Earhart– and there are even fewer whose legacies are so inspirational. In this month’s Patreon-exclusive layover episode of Take to the Sky: the Air … Read More

Exclusive for Podcrashers: On July 8, 1965, 52 people were killed when Canadian Pacific Airlines Flight 21 suffered an inflight explosion and plummeted to the ground. Soon, the Canadian TSB identified the source of the explosion: a bomb had been … Read More