Exclusive for Podcrashers:
As two pilots prepared for touchdown as the last leg of a long day of flying concluded, they had no idea what was waiting for them on the runway in Quincy, Illinois. In this month's Patreon-exclusive episode of Take to the Sky: the Air Disaster Podcast, Stephanie takes us through the miscues and miscommunications that lead to a dangerous situation with a heartbreaking conclusion for United Express Flight 5925.Sources consulted for this story:
- NTSB: Official Accident Report
- The Oklahoman: Victim of Plane Crash Had State Kin
- CNN: Voice recorder located in Illinois plane collision
- AP: Runway Collision That Killed 14 Raises Questions of Airport Safety
- Tampa Bay Times: 14 die as planes collide on runway
- Chicago Tribune: FIERY CRASH ON RUNWAY CLAIMS 13
- AV Web: What Really Happened at Quincy?
- Muddy River News: 'Helpless and shocked': Collision of airplanes on runway 25 years ago deadliest incident in Quincy history
- Tailstrike: 19 November 1996 - United Express 5925
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
United Express Flight 5925's wreckage on the runway. Source: BAA archives
Firefighters respond to the United Express Flight 5925 accident. Source: AV Web
Wreckage from both planes. Source: BAA archives
