When It Goes Wrong

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss the explosion of the volcano - White Island / Whakaari in New Zealand in 2019. This resulted in the deaths of 22 people, and the aftermath of this incident is still being processed by New Zealand and the adventure tourism industry. I dive into what happened on the day and what is still happening now. 

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Sources:

• 60 minute documentary - terror on the volcano on amazing prime 
• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Whakaari_/_White_Island_eruption
• https://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/news-analysis/whakaari-white-island-new-zealand-volcano-eruption-2019/
• https://www.cabi.org/leisuretourism/mobile/news/15342
• https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/08/all-agencies-charged-in-whakaari-white-island-explosion-plead-not-guilty.html
• https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/whakaari-white-island-volcano-emits-persistent-ash/ZWUXV5SR2PLCMYCWVENSRZHOEA/

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I discuss deep water scuba diving. I talk about how it's different to normal scuba and all the dangers associated with it. I then dive into the story about the German U-Boat - the U-Who which took years for divers to find and identify - resulting in the tragic deaths of three divers.  It would eventually be identified as the U-869. 

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Sources:
Shadow Divers - Rob Kurson

The Last Dive - Bernie Chowdhury

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_submarine_U-869

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_diving

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decompression_(diving)

https://www.johnchatterton.com/final-report-on-u869-page-2/

https://www.tdisdi.com/diving-pioneers-and-innovators/john-chatterton/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_Divers 

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode we discuss the Robert Falcon Scott and his doomed trip to the Antarctic. He was beaten to the pole by Roald Amundsen and then tragically his whole team died on the journey home. 

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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Falcon_Scott

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/sep/24/scott-antarctic-lies-race-pole

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terra_Nova_Expedition

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amundsen%27s_South_Pole_expedition#South_Pole_journey

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Shackleton

https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/race-south-pole-scott-amundsen

Amundsen and Scott - Roland Huntford

Ranulph Fiennes Captain Scott

I may be some time - francis spufford 

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode we discuss the mysterious deaths of 9 hikers. They set off for a hike in the rural Ural Mountains in Russia. 2 months later, their tent was found slashed and 9 bodies in various states 2km away. I discuss the facts of the case and some of the potential theories for what happened in Dyatlov Pass. 

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Sources:
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/02/russia-dyatlov-pass-conspiracy-theory/605863/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_Pass_incident

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/has-science-solved-history-greatest-adventure-mystery-dyatlov

https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-020-00081-8

https://dyatlovpass.com/theories?flp=1#avalanche

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/SoLiOdJyCK/mystery_of_dyatlov_pass

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/645349/disneys-frozen-dyatlov-pass-mystery-breakthrough

Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident - Donnie Eichar

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode we discuss the disappearance of flight MH370 which went missing whilst flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in 2014.  I discuss the facts of the flight, how it works with air traffic control and then a few of the theories as to what may have gone wrong. 

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Sources:
The mystery of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 - Sylvia Wrigley
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/07/mh370-malaysia-airlines/590653/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_370

https://www.aerosociety.com/news/what-happened-to-flight-mh370/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_370_satellite_communications

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-26544554

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode we discuss the 1996 Mount Everest Climbing Disaster. In one season 12 climbers would perish on Mount Everest. We cover 5 of these in the story covered by 'Into Thin Air' and the film 'Everest'. The drive to make it to the summit would lead to disastrous consequences when a storm hit the climbers. This is part 2 of 2.

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Sources:
Into thin air - Jon Krakauer

The Climb - Anatoli Boukreev

Movie - Everest

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Mount_Everest_disaster

https://basecampmagazine.com/2016/12/31/the-1996-everest-disaster-the-whole-story/

http://web.archive.org/web/20101128092909/http://outsideonline.com/outside/destinations/199609/199609_into_thin_air_1

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20151008-the-graveyard-in-the-clouds-everests-200-dead-bodies

https://thehustle.co/how-mount-everest-became-a-multimillion-dollar-business/

https://www.thoughtco.com/1996-mount-everest-disaster-4043349

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode we discuss the 1996 Mount Everest Climbing Disaster. In one season 12 climbers would perish on Mount Everest. We cover 6 of these in the story covered by 'Into Thin Air' and the film 'Everest'. The drive to make it to the summit would lead to disastrous consequences when a storm hit the climbers. This is part 1 of 2. 

Please subscribe and review for more! You can follow the podcast on instagram at @whenitgoeswrongpod , on twitter at @itgoeswrongpod or email with your feedback and ideas to [email protected].

Sources:
Into thin air - Jon Krakauer

The Climb - Anatoli Boukreev

Movie - Everest

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Mount_Everest_disaster

https://basecampmagazine.com/2016/12/31/the-1996-everest-disaster-the-whole-story/

http://web.archive.org/web/20101128092909/http://outsideonline.com/outside/destinations/199609/199609_into_thin_air_1

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20151008-the-graveyard-in-the-clouds-everests-200-dead-bodies

https://thehustle.co/how-mount-everest-became-a-multimillion-dollar-business/

https://www.thoughtco.com/1996-mount-everest-disaster-4043349

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode, I discuss the sinking of the RMS Titanic which struck an iceberg on its maiden voyage in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Time to dig deeper than the film and learn about all the mistakes which took place before and during the fateful night. 

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Sources:
Titanic Minute by Minute by Jonathan Mayo 

Titanic: the final word - James Cameron - youtube

Titanic: the new evidence - youtube

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_the_Titanic

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Titanic

https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/titanic

https://titanicfacts.net/titanic-maiden-voyage/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic_in_popular_culture

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode, I discuss the crash of plane flight NZ901 into Mount Erebus. The Air New Zealand flight was on a sightseeing trip to Antarctica when it seemingly inexplicably crashed directly into Mount Erebus. I discuss what happened, the causes and the controversy which still continues. 

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Sources:
White Silence - podcast series from Stuff / RNZ

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/117352236/white-silence-film-captures-last-images-of-passengers-before-erebus-crash

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-50555046

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Erebus_disaster

https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/erebus-disaster/inquiry

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/28/mount-erebus-plane-crash-ardern-apologises-40-years-after-air-new-zealand-crash-that-killed-257

https://www.erebus.co.nz/The-Accident/The-Accident/Operation-Overdue

https://www.greatdisasters.co.uk/air-new-zealand-flight-901/

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this minisode, I discuss the recent blockage of the Suez Canal by the giant freighter ship the Ever Given. 

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References:

https://www.agcs.allianz.com/news-and-insights/expert-risk-articles/suez-canal-lessons-learned.html

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56559073

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Suez_Canal_obstruction

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ever_Given