Exclusive for Podcrashers:
On August 20, 2011, First Air 6560 crashed into a hill while approaching the airport in Resolute Bay, Canada, killing 12 of the 15 people onboard. In this Patreon-exclusive episode of Take to the Sky: the Air Disaster Podcast, Shelly shares the unsettling story of how a disagreement in the air amongst the flight crew led to an irrevocable disaster on the ground.Sources consulted for this story:
- First Air Airlines, Wikipedia
- Duffy, Andrew (May 20, 2014). Ottawa Citizen. First Air Flight 6560 crash: Jet never lined up with Nunavut runway, TSB report finds
- Staff Writer (August 22, 2011). CBC News. Resolute Bay crash victims
- Staff Writer (September 19, 2011). CBC News. Survivor says Resolute plane crash 'came out of nowhere'
- First Air Boeing 737-200, C-GNWN, Flight 7F-6560 (August 28, 2011). Kathryn's Report
- The Canadian Press (March 25, 2014). Appeared in The National Post. 'I don't like this': Argument in the cockpit one of various reasons for 2011 Arctic plane crash: Safety Board
- Transportation Safety Board of Canada. Aviation Investigation Report A11H0002
- Zach Dubinsky (March 25, 2014). CBC News. First Air captain ignored co-pilot's warnings before Nunavut crash
- Air Disasters for the Smithsonian Channel. Episode 10, Season 8. "Death in the Arctic."
- Resolute, Nunavut. Wikipedia
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