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Moments after settling into the crew rest area, the senior crew of Northwest Airlines Flight 85 was called back to the cockpit by their relief crew. The emergency unfolding was unexplainable, and the stakes were as high as they could be: with more than 400 souls onboard, it was up to the flight crew to find a way to bring their broken aircraft safely back to the ground. In our final episode of Take to the Sky: the Air Disaster Podcast, Stephanie tells an incredible story that reflects just how human the flight experience really is.Sources consulted for this story:
- Official Incident Report
- How I Saved a 747 from Crashing: experts from Captain Hanson's testimony
- Seattle PI: Aerospace Notebook: Boeing, NTSB investigating 747 rudder incident
- Simple Flying: Northwest Airlines Flight 85 - A Cabin Crew Perspective
- Northfield News: Northfield pilot details love of flying through history of planes
- Northfield News: Dramatic rescue effort saves over 400 people
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
The flight 85 flight crew. Source: Wikimedia
The incident aircraft in Japan in 2009. Source: Wikimedia
The incident aircraft arriving at the Delta Flight Museum. Source: Wikimedia
