Exclusive for Podcrashers:
On December 1, 1974, TWA Flight 514 crashed into the side of Mount Weather, Virginia, while on approach to Dulles Airport near Washington, DC. Join Shelly for this exclusive Patreon-only episode of Take to the Sky: The Air Disaster Podcast where she tells the story of a little-known air disaster that forever changed the course of aviation history.Sources consulted for this story:
- A documentary by Van Applegate and Jay Korff for WJLA News. Diverted: TWA 514
- Blog by Admiral Cloudberg on Medium. A Different Approach: The crash of TWA flight 514
- Check-six.com
- Code 7700
- Air Accident Report by the NTSB
- Jane Seaberry for The Washington Post. Damages Denies Widows of Pilots in 1974 Crash
- Associated Press for The New York Times. All 92 on board killed when jetliner crashes in rain near Washington
- Scott Bradford off on a Tangent. Loudoun Aviation: TWA 514
- Months to Years
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
Dense forest of Mount Weather where the site of TWA Flight 514 crashed. Source: the Loudoun Co. Fire Department via WJLA 7
The roadside memorial for TWA Flight 514. Source: scottbradford.us
Dense forest of Mount Weather where the site of TWA Flight 514 crashed. Source: the Loudoun Co. Fire Department via WJLA 7
