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Hard Landings

We are a weekly podcast here to give you insights into commercial aviation disasters and how they shape the aviation industry and make it safer to fly! Listen and check out our sources on our website ... Read more

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Episode 12: TAM3054

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?--... Read more

7 Jan 2020

1hr 5mins

Ranked #2

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Episode 17: AA587

Episode 17: AA587

An American Airlines A300 crashes in Queens, New York just months after 9/11. Find out how over flying the aircraft caus... Read more

11 Feb 2020

46mins

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Episode 10: GIH141

Episode 10: GIH141

A Boeing 727 cannot get off the ground and crashes into a small building and beach just beyond the runway. Find out how ... Read more

24 Dec 2019

1hr 7mins

Ranked #4

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Episode 25: UA553

Episode 25: UA553

As this flight crew is on their approach they crash just miles from the threshold of the runway at Chicago Midway Airpor... Read more

7 Apr 2020

50mins

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Episode 20: BW523

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 resou... Read more

3 Mar 2020

48mins

Ranked #6

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Episode 21: SOU932

Episode 21: SOU932

A DC-9 crashes with most of a University football team/staff and government officials on board. Find out how misinterpre... Read more

10 Mar 2020

56mins

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Episode 26: LDA004

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... Read more

14 Apr 2020

35mins

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Episode 11: AA383 (1965)

Episode 11: AA383 (1965)

A 727 crashes on a turn to get to the runway at the Cincinnati airport. Find out how a lack of notification, bad weather... Read more

31 Dec 2019

57mins

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Episode 22: ABQ202

Episode 22: ABQ202

An A321 crashes into the Margalla Hills in Pakistan far from the airport that the plane should have been landing at. Fin... Read more

17 Mar 2020

55mins

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Episode 18: TWA260

Episode 18: TWA260

A small flight going from Albuquerque to Santa Fe, New Mexico is climbing out to their cruising altitude. Learn what hap... Read more

18 Feb 2020

41mins

Ranked #11

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Episode 13: UA585

Episode 13: UA585

A 737-200 crashes on approach to Colorado Springs, Colorado. Learn more about how this, the first of three accidents, st... Read more

14 Jan 2020

40mins

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Episode 14: US427

Episode 14: US427

A 737 crashes miles from the Pittsburgh International Airport. Find out about how this flight is very similar to a fligh... Read more

21 Jan 2020

43mins

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Episode 24: KLM4805/PA1736 Tenerife Disaster (Part 2)

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 t... Read more

31 Mar 2020

1hr 20mins

Ranked #14

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Episode 19: AF4590

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 l... Read more

25 Feb 2020

1hr 19mins

Ranked #15

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Episode 16: PA845

Episode 16: PA845

Everything seems fine as a Boeing 747-100 takes off out of the San Francisco airport. Find out how some miscalculations ... Read more

4 Feb 2020

59mins

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Episode 15: SGR517

Episode 15: SGR517

A Boeing 737 has an issue with unexpected yaw and roll on their approach to Richmond, Virginia. Finally find out what ha... Read more

28 Jan 2020

1hr 2mins

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Episode 9: SR111

Episode 9: SR111

An MD-11 crashed into the ocean near the Canadian shore. Find out how some wiring and unfortunate procedures caused an i... Read more

17 Dec 2019

1hr 12mins

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Episode 23: PA1736/KLM4805 Tenerife Disaster (Part 1)

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... Read more

24 Mar 2020

48mins

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Episode 32: NCR102

Episode 32: NCR102

A converted Boeing 747-400 cargo plane is carrying heavy military cargo from Afghanistan. Find out how some miscalculati... Read more

26 May 2020

58mins

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Episode 31: NW2501

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 weath... Read more

19 May 2020

43mins

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