Summary:
It was a routine flight about ready to prepare for landing in San Diego - but the flight never made it safely. In this week's episode of Take to the Sky: The Air Disaster Podcast, Shelly walks us through the terrifying - and frustrating - sequence of events that led to a deadly midair collision between Pacific Southwest Airlines 182 and a Cessna above San Diego in 1978. You'll never believe the simple yet devastating mistakes that led to this crash.Listen, Review, and Subscribe on:
Sources consulted for this story:
- Wikipedia: PSA Flight 182
- Wikipedia: Pacific Southwest Airlines
- Wikipedia: Cessna 172
- Smithsonian Channel: Air Disasters, Season 3, Episode 1, "Blind Spot"
- National Transportation Safety Board: Accident report on PSA Flight 182
- Tailstrike: Detailed CVR transcript of PSA Flight 182
- CBS San Diego: Footage of the crash scene
- San Diego Union-Tribune: PSA crash at 40: A page of San Diego history 'written in blood
- The Journal of San Diego History: Spring 2017, Volume 63, Number 3+4
Show Notes:
Shelly mentioned the science of memory during this story based on a TED Talk by scientist Julia Shaw.Shelly and Stephanie talked about one of their other obsessions: abandoned sites and cities. Shelly mentioned Varosha, Famagusta, and Stephanie talked about her visits to Centralia, Pennsylvania and Deception Island near Antarctica (which has an abandoned plane hangar!).Credits:
Written and produced by: Shelly Price and Stephanie HubkaDirected and engineered by: Crosse deStreit, Salmon Pond Studios
Sound editing by: Stephanie Hubka
Graphic design and website by: Adam Hubka
Music by: Mike Dunn
PSA Flight 182 as it crashes. Source: Hans Wendt, San Diego County
The actual PSA plane (known as Flight 182). Source: Edge to Edge Photography
The crash site. Source: San Diego Union-Tribune
A Cessna similar to the one in the story. Source: Skytamer
Memorial Plaque. Source: PSA Flight 182 Memorial Facebook Page
