Summary:
When a plane crashes to the ground, investigators begin the challenging task of determining the one thing that can lead to safer skies: the reason for the accident. In this week's episode of Take to the Sky: the Air Disaster podcast, Stephanie takes a look at a shocking crash, a frustrating lack of evidence, and how a somewhat unlikely investigator settled for nothing less than the truth in his quest to ensure no life was lost in vain.Listen, Review, and Subscribe on:
Sources consulted for this story:
- Ministry of Transportation and Communications Thailand: Official Accident Report
- South China Morning Post: Relatives return to crash site for memorial service
- Jalopnik: This Day In History: Niki Lauda Severely Injured In F1 Crash At The Nurburgring
- Simple Flying: From The Racetrack To The Runway: Niki Lauda And His Airlines
- Car Throttle: Niki Lauda Has Probably Saved Your Life.
- UPI: Plane crashes in Thailand, 223 feared dead
- AP: Villagers Stole Valuables From Crash Site - And Possibly, Some Evidence
- Washington Post: RECORDER INDICATES SYSTEM FAILURE IN THAI CRASH
- AP: Excerpts from Lauda News Conference on Crash of Boeing 767 With AM-Thailand Crash
- New York Times: Computer Blamed in Thailand Crash
- The Guardian: Niki Lauda: 'People had lost their loved ones yet no one was telling them why'
- Car and Driver: Niki Lauda, Three-Time Formula 1 World Driving Champion, Dies at 70
- Seattle Times: Lessons From Doomed Flight -- Lauda Says 767 `Had No Chance' But Findings Can Save Other Lives
- Flight Global: ANALYSIS: How racing legend Lauda disrupted the airline industry
- Simple Flying: From The Racetrack To The Runway: Niki Lauda And His Airlines
- Today: Pilgrimage to Thai air crash site for the aunt he never met
- The Rachet: Flight & Fight
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Show Notes:
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 at the Lauda Air Flight 004 crash site. Source: Tailstrike
Wreckage from the Lauda Air Flight 004 plane. Source: SCMP
Niki Lauda at the Lauda Air Flight 004 crash site. Source: Car Throttle
