Summary:
The automation onboard Qantas 72, an Airbus A330, was supposed to help keep everyone safe on October 7, 2008. But when that same automation goes terribly awry, it is up to the decisive thinking of the flight crew to try and save everyone onboard. Join Shelly in this episode of Take to the Sky: the Air Disaster Podcast as she shares what happened to the flight as well as the devastating psychological scars that were left in the wake of such an air disaster.Listen, Review, and Subscribe on:
Sources consulted for this story:
- Qantas Flight 72, Wikipedia
- Matt O'Sullivan for The Sydney Morning Herald. May 12, 2017. The untold story of QF72: What happens when 'psycho' automation leaves pilots powerless?
- Qantas 72, found on Top Documentary Films
- Admiral_Cloudberg for Medium. October 19, 2019. Ghosts in the code: the near crash of Qantas flight 72
- Air Disasters, Season 12, Episode 7. Free Fall
- Captain Kevin Sullivan, The Sydney Morning Herald. May 18, 2019. 'I've become very isolated': the aftermath of near-doomed QF72
- Australian Safety Transport Bureau Air Accident Report for QF72
Show Notes:
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Credits:
Written and produced by: Shelly Price and Stephanie HubkaDirected and engineered at: Snow Monster Studios
Sound editing by: Stephanie Hubka
Graphic design and website by: Adam Hubka
Music by: Mike Dunn