Black Box Down Podcast

02/24/2023

Listen to our new episode to hear about Pacific Southwest 182, a passenger flight that collided with a Cessna 172 over San Diego. Pictured are photos of the stricken plane, the neighborhood where the plane crashed, and a photo of a PSA "Grinning Bird".

02/09/2023

Listen to our new episode to hear about Atlantic Southeast Airlines 529, a flight that had a propeller break off in flight. Pictured are the wreckage, a similar type of plane involved in the accident, and a cross section diagram of the propeller.

02/03/2023

Listen to our new episode to learn about Birgenair 301, a chartered 757 that crashes shortly after take off from the Dominican Republic. Linked is the NTSB computer recreation of the doomed flight.

Source:https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Birgenair_Flight_301_NTSB_animation_%28long_version%29.ogv

01/27/2023

Listen to our new episode to hear about KLM Cityhopper 433, a flight that crashed after the crew mistakenly thought that one of their engines had failed. Pictured are the plane shortly before the crash, and a map of the occupants of the plane.

01/19/2023

Check out our new episode to hear about Adam Air 574, a plane that crashes in the ocean due to navigation problems. Pictured are the accident aircraft, and a map of the route taken and the approximate location of the black boxes.

01/02/2023

Listen to our new episode to hear about Thai Airways International 311, a flight that became lost while trying to circle Kathmandu and impacted a mountain. Pictured is the airspace around Kathmandu airport, the mountain where the crash occurred, and a photo of the wreckage.

12/22/2022

Listen to our new episode to hear about TANS 204, a flight that crashes short of the airport in poor weather conditions. Pictured are looters at the crash site as well as a map of where surviving passengers were located in the plane.

12/14/2022

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11/29/2022

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11/12/2022

Our latest episode covers a Sukhoi Superjet that crashed into a mountain during a demo flight. Pictured are the impact site, Mount Salak, the plane involved in the incident, and a map showing the route taken by the flight.

10/06/2022

Listen to our newest episode to hear what happens when someone exhibits air rage on a flight. Pictured are an unruly passenger on a flight in 2013 and three of the promotional FAA photos that Chris Demarais talked about.

09/30/2022

Listen to our new episode to hear about Northwest Airlink 5719, a flight that crashes into trees after the captain loses situational awareness. Pictured are the cockpit of a Jetstream 31, a plane similar to the one in this incident, and the approach plate used in this incident.