Exclusive for Podcrashers:
Nepal has been a beacon to adventuresome travelers for decades, and for 99 passengers on Thai Airways Flight 311 on July 31, 1992, Kathmandu was the entry point to their adventure. In this month's Patreon-exclusive episode of Take to the Sky: the Air Disaster Podcast, Stephanie talks us through a landing sequence full of confusion and frustration that became a case study offered to pilots around the world.Sources consulted for this story:
- Flight Safety Australia: A mountain in the mind
- Seattle Times: Thai Airliner Crashes In Nepal's Himalayan Foothills; 113 Aboard -- 11 Americans Are Listed As Among The Passengers
- UPI: Thai jetliner crashes in Nepal
- Deseret News: HIGH ALTITUDE CLAIMS LIFE OF PROBE LEADER
- LA Times: 113 Feared Dead in Nepal Crash; 100 Die in China : Air disaster: Thai jetliner slams into Himalayan hillside during heavy monsoon rains.
- New York Times: Rescue Teams Fail to Find Thai Jet That Crashed With 113 Aboard
- Washington Post: 113 ARE FEARED DEAD AS JET CRASHES IN NEPAL
- UPI: Wreckage of Thai jet found in Nepal; no survivors
- Aviation Nepal: Remembrance of Thai Airways Flight-311 fatal crash in the history that occurred in Nepal
- Aviation Safety Network: Thai Airways Flight 311
- Nepali Times: On a wing and a prayer
- Business 360: Is Nepal Doing Enough to Ensure Air Safety
- Admiral Cloudberg: In the Shadows of Giants: The crash of Thai Airways International flight 311
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
Navigation illustration. Source: Aviation Nepal
Kakani Memorial Park memorial. Source: 311 Always in Our Hearts Facebook Group
Remains of the Thai Airways A310. Source: Wikipedia
