Ep 68 - You're Cleared for Disaster: The Tenerife Airport Crash of 1977

 

The world’s deadliest aviation disaster didn’t happen in the air—it happened on the runway. Two jumbo jets, thick fog, and a fatal misunderstanding.

Ep 77 - Cloudy with a Chance of Terror: Cumulonimbus

 

Towering thunderclouds that can tear planes apart. Pilots fear them, passengers don’t see them coming.

Ep 80 - Stratospheric Secrets: SR-71's Classified History

 

The fastest jet ever built, shrouded in Cold War secrecy. We peek inside its classified missions.

Ep 90 - Echoes of the Sky: Amelia Earhart's Enduring Influence

 

Her disappearance remains a mystery, but her influence on aviation—and women in flight—is undeniable.

Ep 116 - Off by a Milli-something: How Tiny Mistakes Doomed Space Exploration

 

The smallest measurement errors can doom billion-dollar space missions. The details will make you triple-check your math.

Ep 138 - Touching the Face of God: Challenger

 

A cold morning, ignored warnings, and a tragedy broadcast live. The shuttle disaster that changed NASA forever.

Ep 140 - Foggy with a Chance of Disaster: When Planes Hit Buildings in NYC

 

Before 9/11, there were still collisions. Fog, skyscrapers, and pilots flying blind.

Ep 161: Flight to Oblivion - The Lockerbie Bombing

 

A mid-air explosion over Scotland that became an international terrorism case.

Ep 170: Another reason to fear flying - the Überlingen disaster

 

Two jets collide over Germany in the dead of night—while air traffic control is running on skeleton staff.

Ep 186: Flying the Skies above India & Breaking Barriers - Sarla Thukral

 

India’s Amelia Earhart - Sarla broke barriers in pre-WWII India with the support of her husband, who died in a plane crash.

Ep 190: Suicidal pilots: Germanwings Flight 9525

 

A pilot locks his co-pilot out of the cockpit. Minutes later, the plane is gone.

Ep 192: A Scenic Crash in Antarctica - Air New Zealand Flight 901

 

A sightseeing trip over Antarctica turns deadly when whiteout conditions hide a mountain until it’s too late.

Ep 205: Under Pressure - Japan Airlines Flight 123

 

The deadliest single-aircraft crash in history. A blown repair job and a crew fighting for control until the end.

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