On October 4, 1960, an Eastern Airlines Lockheed Electra is taking off from Boston when an unexpected series of events cause the plane to crash. What might have caused this plane to crash into the bay right after take off?
On November 23, 1962 a United Airlines flight on a Vickers Viscount is doing a series of stops down the East Coast when the flight drops off radar. What caused this plane to suddenly plunge from the sky?
On December 27, 1991 a Scandinavian Airlines MD-81 is on its way to Warsaw, Poland when catastrophe strikes. What caused this plane to crash after take off?
On May 25, 1979 An American Airlines DC-10 is making a routine take off out of the Chicago O’Hare airport when something goes terribly wrong. What caused this plane to crash making this the worst single aircraft accident in United States history?
We read our listener aviation stories that have to do with weather and their favorite aviation stories.
A Sichuan Airlines A19 is doing a routine flight to Tibet when disaster strikes. What caused this plane to make an emergency landing.
In 2008, some DJs are on their way to a set in California from South Carolina but their plane never leaves the runway. What caused this LearJet 60 to abort take off?
In 1983 an Air Canada Boeing 767, a new airplane, is on a flight from Montreal to Edmonton, Canada with a stop over in Ottawa. What caused this plane to not make its final destination.
In 2003 a DHL cargo A300 is doing a routine flight from Baghdad to Bahrain. What caused this flight to return to Baghdad right after take off?
On June 10th 1990 a British Airways BAC 1-11 is on its way out of the UK on its way to Spain, but they do not get far. How did poor maintenance practice cause this plane to make an emergency landing in Southampton?
A China Airlines 737-800 made a normal scheduled flight to Japan, but after they park they experience a fire. What caused this plane to melt right after engine shut down?
In 1972 An American Airlines DC-10 is taking off for the last leg of its flight when a Boom is heard, a Turkish Airlines DC-10 has a similar occurrence two years later. What occurrence happened that effected these two flights two years apart?
On September 30th, 2017, an Air France A380 is on its way from Paris to Los Angeles passing over Greenland when a sudden BANG is heard. What caused this flight to have to make an emergency pit stop in Canada?
Us reading aviation stories from our listeners about when they felt lucky!
Buddy Holly, J.P Richardson, and Ritchie Valens are tiered of taking their horrible tour bus to and from gigs and decide to charter a Beechcraft Bonanza to take them to their next destination when something goes horribly wrong. What caused their plane to crash in a corn field in Iowa, marking February 3, 1959 the day the music died?
A Helios Airways 737 is on its way to Athens when the plane does not descend like it is supposed to. What caused this flight to eventually crash into a hill?
A British Airways 747 is making a series of hops on its way to New Zealand when something goes wrong. What causes this flight to make an emergency landing in Jakarta.
A United Airlines Boeing 727 is doing a series of stop overs from New York to San Francisco when disaster strikes in Salt Lake City. What caused this bird to crash on the runway and melt?
Us reading stories from listeners on when they fell in love with aviation.
A World Airways DC-10 is landing at the Logan International Airport but landing causes some difficulties. What caused this heavy DC-10 to overrun the runway?
An Aeroflot A310 is on its way from Moscow to Hong Kong when it suddenly crashes on its way. What caused this flight to plunge from the sky less than mid-way through their flight?
A Western Airlines DC-10 is landing in Mexico City when something goes wrong. What cause this crew to land on the wrong runway?
A Fine Air DC-8 cargo plane is getting loaded up for its trip to the Dominican Republic from Miami. What caused this flight to crash right after take off?
A Garuda Indonesia 737-400 is doing a short flight in Indonesia when it unexpectedly overruns the runway at the airport in Yogyakarta. Find out how bad training, little CRM, and a weird incentive caused this flight’s lading to go so wrong.
We read/ react to our listener's first aviation experience stories. We read through several firsts from our listener David, and read stories from our friends Emily and Lyssa.
A Trans Colorado flight is on its way to Cortez, Colorado with a stop in Durango. Find out how substance misuse, CRM, and weather caused this flight to crash miles from the runway.
Two flights are on a deadly collision course. Find out how a perfect storm of confusion, training, maintenance, and a singular air traffic controller caused two planes to collide over Überlingen, Germany.
A TWA flight is on its way to LaGuardia in New York in a Lockheed Super Constellation when they stop responding to ATC. A United Airlines is trying to get to JFK by taking a short cut when they also stop responding to ATC. What caused these two flights to meet the same fate?
A Pinnacle Airlines Bombardier CRJ-200 is getting moved to Minneapolis when it calls an emergency. Find out how this crew caused a very avoidable accident to occur.
An Atlantic Southeast Airlines Embraer 120 is on its way to Mississippi when a loud crack is heard. What happened to this twin turbo prop airline that caused it to crash miles from an airport?
