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Plane Crash Diaries

I'm a pilot obsessed with flying and all things aviation. This podcast series covers more than a century of commercial aviation and how its shaped the world. Aviation is now safer than its ever been, ... Read more

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Episode 8 – Japan Airlines JAL Flight 123 & the dangers of shoddy aeroplane maintenance

Episode 8 – Japan Airlines JAL Flight 123 & the dangers of shoddy aeroplane maintenance

This episode features an air crash in 1985 is the deadliest single-aircraft plane crash in history where 520 of the 524 ... Read more

21 Sep 2019

19mins

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Episode 9 - Boeing MAX 8 accidents & the failure of governance

Episode 9 - Boeing MAX 8 accidents & the failure of governance

This week it’s the terrible crashes involving the Boeing 737 MAX 8 – one in October 2018 and the other in March 2019.In ... Read more

1 Nov 2019

28mins

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Episode 10 - In-Air break ups, the miracle of Juliane Koepcke & the Comet Catastrophe

Episode 10 - In-Air break ups, the miracle of Juliane Koepcke & the Comet Catastrophe

In this episode we’ll look at in-air breakups of aeroplanes – caused by poor flying, poor design, or poor maintenance an... Read more

8 Dec 2019

18mins

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Episode 3 – Malaysian Airlines MH 17 and how it was shot down by a Russian BUK missile

Episode 3 – Malaysian Airlines MH 17 and how it was shot down by a Russian BUK missile

Every week we delve into the causes and repercussions of plane crashes across the world and how these have led to improv... Read more

5 Jul 2019

18mins

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Episode 11 - Fires on board commercial airliners and the mystery of the SAA Helderberg

Episode 11 - Fires on board commercial airliners and the mystery of the SAA Helderberg

This episode covers the terrifying examples of fire on board commercial airliners. One of the first was the Imperial Air... Read more

29 Dec 2019

20mins

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Episode 7 – The Lovettsville Air Disaster and lightning strikes on planes

Episode 7 – The Lovettsville Air Disaster and lightning strikes on planes

Strap in this week, because its all about lightning.We’re looking at one crash in particular, the Lovettsville Air Disas... Read more

30 Aug 2019

16mins

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Episode 5 – Miss Macao: The first commercial airliner to be hijacked

Episode 5 – Miss Macao: The first commercial airliner to be hijacked

I’m your host and pilot, Desmond Latham. Every week we tackle a different area of aviation and this week it’s the histo... Read more

4 Aug 2019

18mins

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Episode 6 – The 1946 Mistberget & Gauli Glacier Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) crashes

Episode 6 – The 1946 Mistberget & Gauli Glacier Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) crashes

It’s time for that terrible acronym – CFIT – which means Controlled Flight into Terrain. That’s where the pilot is unabl... Read more

15 Aug 2019

21mins

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Episode 4 – A mid-air collision involving a De Havilland in 1922 leads to the fly to the right rule

Episode 4 – A mid-air collision involving a De Havilland in 1922 leads to the fly to the right rule

This week we’ll feature two accidents from the early 1920s that changed rules. The first is a mid-air collision that too... Read more

20 Jul 2019

15mins

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Episode 15 - The first jetliner crash, Comair flight 5191 on the wrong runway & a crocodile in a bag

Episode 15 - The first jetliner crash, Comair flight 5191 on the wrong runway & a crocodile in a bag

This is episode 15 and its all about unusual accidents including one that most likely involved a crocodile. But let’s st... Read more

11 May 2020

19mins

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