I august 2001 tok et fly av fra Toronto, Canada, med kurs mot Lisboa i Portugal med 293 passasjerer og en bemanning på 13 personer. Men midt over Atlanterhavet går noe fryktelig galt, og i all sin skrekk og gru ble faktisk en verdensrekord satt. I tillegg førte hendelsen til publiseringen av et par viktige psykologistudier knyttet til PTSD.

Air Transat Flight 236
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Transat_Flight_236

How a civilian aircraft in distress set a world glider record
https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-history/aircraft-set-world-glider-record/
Jet Pilot Who Saved 304 Finds Heroism Tainted
https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/10/world/jet-pilot-who-saved-304-finds-heroism-tainted.html

PTSD clues gleaned from passengers on terrifying flight
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/ptsd-clues-gleaned-from-passengers-on-terrifying-flight-1.2734768

How to Remember a Disaster Without Being Shattered by It
https://www.wired.com/story/remember-disaster-without-being-shattered-ptsd-covid/

Threat of death and autobiographical memory: a study of passengers from Flight AT236
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4495962/

Code 7700: Case Study Air Transat Flight 236
https://code7700.com/case_study_air_transat_236.htm

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