Episodes

Exclusive for Podcrashers: Not all aviation disasters result in plane crashes; instead, some aviation disasters happen right here on the ground. Join Shelly for this Patreon-exclusive layover episode of Take to the Sky: The Air Disaster Podcast where we explore … Read More

Summary: When West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 suddenly disappears from radar on August 16, 2005, no one can imagine why an advanced MD-82 aircraft could simply fall out of the sky and crash. And when investigators learn of the pilots’ … Read More

Exclusive for Podcrashers: In the early morning hours of October 11, 1984, Aeroflot Flight 3352 descended toward the runway at the airport in Omsk, Russia. Moments later, the plane was in flames– and the reason for the catastrophe represented a … Read More

Summary: When one of the most luxurious planes in the world missed their scheduled position check, not everyone was worried at first– but it wasn’t not long before the world realized the aircraft wasn’t going to make its intended arrival. … Read More

Summary: Air Inter Flight 148 disappears from radar on the night of January 20, 1992. Questions immediately form around how a brand-new Airbus A320 could have been lost without warning. But when the plane is found crashed in the Vosges … Read More

Exclusive for Podcrashers: Ready for a couple of aviation-related ghost stories this Halloween? In this month’s Patreon exclusive layover episode of Take to the Sky: The Air Disaster Podcast, Stephanie shares five stories about haunted crash sites, planes, airports, and … Read More

Summary: On an especially dark, cold night, one pilot and nine passengers flew off toward northern Canada with plans to land at a few airports- but their plane didn’t land at any of them. In this week’s episode of Take … Read More

Summary: August 28, 1988 was a beautiful day for watching planes in the sky and on the ground at the Flugtag ’88 Air Show held at the US Air Base in Ramstein, Germany. Three hundred thousand spectators couldn’t wait to … Read More

Summary: January 8, 1996 was by all accounts a very normal day for the people of Kinshasa in Zaire, now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Normalcy was shattered when the city found itself in the throws of … Read More

Exclusive for Podcrashers: On the night of February 1, 1991, controllers at LAX airport are busy handling departing and arriving flights. When US Air 1493 explodes on the runway, no one is prepared to come to terms with what has … Read More

Summary: Many children who fly for the first time have dreamed of meeting the pilots of their flight. And sometimes, while a plane still sits on the ground, a pilot may even invite youngsters into the cockpit for a quick … Read More

Summary: Stormy skies throughout the USA’s Midwest on August 6, 1966 had pilots on alert, and a storm cell led to mixed reports from dispatchers on the ground and flight crews in the air. This week, join Stephanie for the … Read More