Exclusive for Podcrashers:
On July 9, 1982, Pan Am Flight 759 took off from New Orleans International Airport just like any other flight. Right after the plane took to the sky, disaster struck not only for Pan Am 759, but also a nearby residential neighborhood. In our inaugural episode just for our Podcrasher community on Patreon, Take to the Sky: the Air Disaster Podcast explores a plane crash that never had to happen and how its legacy led to sweeping changes in technology to alert pilots to the hidden dangers of microbursts.
Sources consulted for this story:
- Pan Am Flight 759, Wikipedia
- Association of Flight Attendants – CWA Facebook Page
- Admiral Cloudberg, The crash of Pan Am flight 759: Analysis
- NTSB Aircraft Accident Report for Pan Am 759
- Simple Flying, The Rise and Fall of Pan Am
- LTV.com article
- NOLA.com 2017 Article
- 64 Parishes.org
- The New York Times 1982 Article
- The Times-Picayune 2007 Article
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
The aircraft involved in the crash, two months before the accident. Source: Wikipedia
Pan Am 759 crash site in Kenner, LA. Source: Fox8 Live
Pan Am Flight 759 crash site. Source: Madison.com/AP
