Inflight fire is one of the worst situations for any pilot or passenger. On May 11, 1996, everyone onboard ValuJet Flight 592 tries desperately to survive as things inside the cabin only get worse by the minute. Join Shelly in this episode of Take to the Sky: The Air Disaster Podcast as she explores what led to this tragic fire and how aviation needed to make systemic changes to keep passengers safe.

Cockpits are busy places. Fortunately, aviation technology has advanced to support flight crews and make the tasks related to flying streamlined- and certainly easier than ever before. In this episode of Take to the Sky: The Air Disaster Podcast, Stephanie shares a look into how aviation technology impacted American Airlines Flight 965, a shocking disaster that questioned the role technology plays in cockpit management and slight safety for passengers around the world.

The American Thanksgiving holiday, for those who celebrate it, is a time to appreciate all we have. For some families, though, it can be a devastating reminder of all they have lost. Join Shelly in our holiday episode of Take to the Sky: The Air Disaster Podcast as she recounts two separate plane crashes that occurred during the Thanksgiving holiday and claimed the lives of members of two families: The Perrys and The Hansens.

Most packages delivered to your door arrive after a journey that includes time on the road- and in the air. This week, Stephanie shares a tragic tale with some surprising consequences as we take a look at UPS Airlines Flight 6, a cargo flight that took off on September 3, 2010. What went wrong- and was it preventable? Join us in this episode of Take to the Sky: The Air Disaster Podcast as we take a look at a legacy that impacts the way we fly- and what we can bring with us when we fly- to this day!

As America began to return to a sense of normalcy after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, no one could imagine that just 60 days later, New York would once again be reeling from another crash involving a commercial jetliner. In this episode of Take to the Sky: The Air Disaster Podcast, Shelly tells the story of what led to the crash of American Airlines Flight 587 and what its legacy can teach us about crew training.

There may be nothing scarier than sitting on an airplane with a gaping hole in the side of it- but that is exactly what happened to 336 passengers on United Flight 811 in 1989. This week on Take to the Sky: The Air Disaster Podcast, Stephanie tells the remarkable tale of how a flight crew responded to an unthinkable event that threatened the safety of everyone on board as well as how this incident permanently changed safety and design recommendations for aircraft around the world.

American Eagle Flight 4184 was just any other short-haul flight over the Midwest—until it plummeted into a soybean field in Roselawn, Indiana, on Halloween 1994. Listen to the newest episode of Take to the Sky: The Air Disaster Podcast as Shelly recounts Flight 4184's fall from the sky, a crash that led to pilots advocating for changes in aviation safety and led to changes in how airlines respond to victims’ families in the wake of aviation disasters.

September 11th will live in many people's memories as the day when devastating terrorist attacks on US soil forever changed air travel. 9/11 also changed and reshaped the lives of many Americans, many of whom are still impacted by those events. In this special layover episode of Take to the Sky: The Air Disaster Podcast, we hear a firsthand account from David, who was inside the Pentagon that day when American Airlines Flight 77 struck the building just one corridor over from where he sat. Listen to our interview as David walks us through the events of that day and recounts how 9/11 forever changed his own life.

As 131 passengers settled in for a full flight from Manchester to Corfu, they had no idea they were about to play a role in an unforgettable air disaster before even leaving the ground. In this week's episode of Take to the Sky: The Air Disaster Podcast, Stephanie walks us through a story that impacted flight safety from seat configuration to availability of life saving measures. We know this story is one you won't forget!

Two crashes involving the new 737 MAX aircraft, one in October 2018 and one in March 2019, took the lives of 346 people. In this week's episode of Take to the Sky: The Air Disaster Podcast, Shelly recounts the terror that happened onboard Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 as well as the investigation that followed, which led to shocking discoveries about how the 737 MAX design came to be and the flawed process used to certify the plane as safe.