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On May 5, 2007, Kenya Airways Flight 507 crashed shortly after takeoff near Douala, Cameroon. The investigation unraveled a startling sequence of events that pointed toward a flight doomed only because a preventable human error was exacerbated by a highly flawed flight crew. You won't want to miss this story, but it's only available for our Podcrasher community on Patreon. Join us there to listen!
Sources consulted for this story:
- What Really Happened on KQ Flight 507? Owaah.com
- Last Moments of Kenya Airways Flight 507 Recalled. Aviationpros.com
- Official air accident report
- Kenya Airways – Boeing – B737-800 (5Y-KYA) flight KQA507. Aviation-accidents.net
- How Titus Naikuni and Kenya Airways Executives Messed the KQ 507 Douala Crash of 2007. Kahawatungu.com
- Why it took long for kin of plane crash victims to finally get closure. The Standard
- Air Disasters from National Geographic. Season 20, Episode 9, "Stormy Cockpit."
Credits:
Written and produced by: Shelly Price and Stephanie HubkaDirected and engineered at: Snow Monster Studios
Sound editor: Stephanie Hubka
Producer: Adam Hubka
Music by: Mike Dunn
Kenya Airways CEO Titus Naikuni pays his respects to some of the victims of the Duala plane crash when caskets carrying their remains arrived at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in December 2007
The aircraft that was Kenya Airways Flight 507. Source: Owaah.com
Wreckage of Kenya Airways 507. Source: Aviation-accidents.net
