Summary:
On June 29, 2009, Yemenia Flight 626 prepared to land in the island nation of Comoros as a cold front swept through the region. Join Stephanie as she shares how a routine landing sequence turned into devastation for the crew and passengers on board and opened the door to questions about the airline's safety record and just what caused the plane to crash.Listen, Review, and Subscribe on:
Sources consulted for this story:
- Union of the Comoros: Final Accident Report
- Fox News: Crew to blame for 2009 Comoros plane crash: probe
- Fox News: Official: Teen Girl, 14, Found Alive After Indian Ocean Jet Crash
- The Guardian: Yemenia plane crash: only survivor of Flight 626 is reunited with father
- BBC: France charges Yemenia Airways over deadly 2009 crash
- CBC: Teen survives plane crash into Indian Ocean
- Embassy of Yemen in Canada: Statement - Initial report on the crashed Yemenia airplane
- France24: Fingers pointed at Yemenia Airways after Airbus crash
- New York Times: Data Recorder Recovered From Lost Yemeni Flight
- CBS News: Recounting Rescue of Child Crash Survivor
- CNN: Sole Survivor
- theGrio: Lone survivor speaks about plane crash that killed 153
- San Diego Tribune: Relatives of plane crash victims travel to Comoros
- Gulf News: Pilot may have survived crash
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Show Notes:
We start out this week's story by talking about a woman seated next to one of the cutest seatmates in history and live tweeted the entire experience. Check out the Bored Panda article that looks at the hilarious one-lines shared by the little girl who warned her that, "I'm going to talk to you randomly so you better be prepared, OK?"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
Rescue boats look for wreckage and survivors of Yemenia Flight 626. Source: Air Disasters
Yemenia 626 wreckage. Source: BBC
Yemenia Flight 626 wreckage is lifted out of the sea. Source: Air Disasters
