Episode 35: UA629
A United Airlines Douglas DC-6B is on its way from New York to Seattle with stop overs in Chicago, Denver, and Portland. Find out how this plane exploded over Longmont, Colorado.
Jun 23, 2020•45 min•Ep. 35
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A CRJ-100 tries to take off out of Bluegrass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky. Find out how this plane took off and how that caused it to crash right off the end of the runway.
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Episode 33: AAR214
A Boeing 777-200 crashes on landing at the San Francisco International Airport. Find out how the crew caused this plane to cartwheel on the runway.
Jun 09, 2020•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 33
Episode 32: NCR102
A converted Boeing 747-400 cargo plane is carrying heavy military cargo from Afghanistan. Find out how some miscalculation and not enough straps caused this plane to fall from the sky.
May 26, 2020•58 min•Ep. 32
Episode 31: NW2501
A Northwest Orient Airlines DC-4 is traveling from New York to Seattle with two stopovers on the way. Find out how weather and old times caused this plane to disappear in Lake Michigan.
May 19, 2020•43 min•Ep. 31
Episode 30: PA214
A Pan American Boeing 707 explodes over Maryland. Find out weather and lighting caused this aircraft to explode while on approach.
May 12, 2020•44 min•Ep. 30
Episode 29: AF296
An Air France A320-100 is doing a quick go around to show off the aircraft at a small air show between Switzerland and France when catastrophe occurs. Find out how a mixture of pilot error and mechanical failure causes this plane to hit trees and go up in flames.
May 05, 2020•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 29
Episode 28: SWA1248
A Southwest 737-700 runs off the end of the runway at Chicago Midway Airport. Find out how some miscalculations and bad calls caused this plane to run onto a road just beyond the airport.
Apr 28, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 28
Episode 27: AQ243
An Aloha Airlines 737-200 is doing an island hop from the many islands that make up Hawaii when a structure failure causes an explosive decompression. Find out how maintenance practices and ignorance caused this plane to almost crash on its way to the Maui airport.
Apr 21, 2020•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 27
Episode 26: LDA004
A 767-300 operated by Nikki Lauda’s airline Lauda Air is on its last leg of a three leg flight to Vienna. Find out how a thrust reverser caused this flight to go catastrophic and crash in the Phu Toei National Park in Thailand.
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Episode 25: UA553
As this flight crew is on their approach they crash just miles from the threshold of the runway at Chicago Midway Airport. Find out how this crash embodies many issues in crew resource management and caused the first fatal crash of a Boeing 737.
Apr 07, 2020•51 min
Episode 24: KLM4805/PA1736 Tenerife Disaster (Part 2)
Two Boeing 747 aircraft collide on a runway in the Canary Islands. In this part, find out what caused these two planes to collide creating the worst accident in aviation history.
Mar 31, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 24
Episode 23: PA1736/KLM4805 Tenerife Disaster (Part 1)
Two Boeing 747 aircraft collide on a runway in the Canary Islands. In this part, find out the story behind this horrible disaster.
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Episode 22: ABQ202
An A321 crashes into the Margalla Hills in Pakistan far from the airport that the plane should have been landing at. Find out how a break down in crew resource management and not following instructions caused this aircraft to smash into the hills.
Mar 17, 2020•56 min•Ep. 22
Episode 21: SOU932
A DC-9 crashes with most of a University football team/staff and government officials on board. Find out how misinterpretation or incorrect instrument use may have caused this plane to fly into a hill miles from the airport.
Mar 10, 2020•57 min•Ep. 21
Episode 20: BW523
A Boeing 737-800 is landing in Trinidad and Tobago on a three leg flight. Find out how a tired pilot and poor crew resource management caused this aircraft to overrun the runway.
Mar 03, 2020•48 min•Ep. 20
Episode 19: AF4590
An Air France Concorde tries to make a standard take off out of the Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris. Find out how a lot of fuel and another plane caused this supersonic jet to catch fire and fall out of the sky.
Feb 25, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 19
Episode 18: TWA260
A small flight going from Albuquerque to Santa Fe, New Mexico is climbing out to their cruising altitude. Learn what happens when they cannot see through snow and fog on their climb out. Thank you to Megan Storey for suggesting this incident! Please take a minute to check out The Blackbox Series on Youtube. It's a video summary of significant aviation disasters and how they impacted flying today. You can find the channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChq9J4VLuIDhI03UhUXrD8Q/featured ....
Feb 18, 2020•42 min•Ep. 18
Episode 17: AA587
An American Airlines A300 crashes in Queens, New York just months after 9/11. Find out how over flying the aircraft caused this terrible disaster.
Feb 11, 2020•47 min
Episode 16: PA845
Everything seems fine as a Boeing 747-100 takes off out of the San Francisco airport. Find out how some miscalculations caused there to be a giant hole ripped into this plane on take off.
Feb 04, 2020•59 min
Episode 15: SGR517
A Boeing 737 has an issue with unexpected yaw and roll on their approach to Richmond, Virginia. Finally find out what had caused the series of rudder hard overs in the final part of this series!
Jan 28, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 15
Episode 14: US427
A 737 crashes miles from the Pittsburgh International Airport. Find out about how this flight is very similar to a flight that happened years before and how this investigation stalled leaving investigators stumped.
Jan 21, 2020•43 min•Ep. 14
Episode 13: UA585
A 737-200 crashes on approach to Colorado Springs, Colorado. Learn more about how this, the first of three accidents, started a ten year investigation into rudder hard overs.
Jan 14, 2020•41 min
Episode 12: TAM3054
An A320 runs off the runway and crashes in Sao Paolo, Brazil. How did anxiety cause this plane to veer off the runway?
Jan 07, 2020•1 hr 6 min
Episode 11: AA383 (1965)
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Dec 31, 2019•57 min
Episode 10: GIH141
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Dec 24, 2019•1 hr 7 min
Episode 9: SR111
An MD-11 crashed into the ocean near the Canadian shore. Find out how some wiring and unfortunate procedures caused an in flight fire that incapacitated the plane while trying to perform an emergency landing in Canada.
Dec 17, 2019•1 hr 13 min
Episode 8: NGA2120
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Dec 10, 2019•59 min•Ep. 8
Episode 7: CI611
A 747-200 crashes into the ocean without any sign of an issue from the flight crew. Find out how a seemingly simple fix to the tail of this aircraft caused China Airlines 611 to break up over the ocean 22 years later.
Dec 03, 2019•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 7
Episode 6: GA152
An Airbus A300 crashes into mountains just miles from the Medan Polonia airport. Learn how communication and a series of missed directions caused GA152 to crash.
Nov 26, 2019•48 min•Ep. 6
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