Exclusive for Podcrashers: On September 6, 1971, private charter Paninternational 112 encountered problems as soon as it became airborne when both engines failed while the plane was just hundreds of feet from the ground. In this Patreon-only episode of Take … Read More

Summary: No one could have imagined how a field trip of a lifetime for 54 children could turn into a nightmare within just minutes. But when two planes collided on July 2, 2002, in the night sky over the small … Read More

Summary: August 28, 1988 was a beautiful day for watching planes in the sky and on the ground at the Flugtag ’88 Air Show held at the US Air Base in Ramstein, Germany. Three hundred thousand spectators couldn’t wait to … Read More

Summary: Ice and snow may be an expected part of cold weather travel, but they can also lead to disastrous situations. In this week’s episode of Take to the Sky: The Air Disaster Podcast, Shelly tells the story of the … Read More

Summary: Join Shelly in this episode of Take to the Sky: The Air Disaster Podcast as she tells the tale of an airplane that suddenly disappears over the French Alps. And the truth of the air disaster reveals the horrors … Read More

Summary: On May 6, 1937, crowds formed near Naval Air Station Lakehurst in New Jersey to welcome the first Zeppelin transatlantic flight of the year. History knows what happened next: just moments before landing, the Hindenburg burst into flames as … Read More