Black Box Down

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A true crime podcast in the air. Lifelong aviation enthusiast Gustavo Sorola and his co-host Chris Demarais break down the major accidents in aviation and the steps taken to prevent future disasters. If you like true-crime podcasts but want something fresh and unique, you’ll love Black Box Down. Subscribe now and fasten your seat belt.

150 episodes • 0 archived •

S12 E122

The Future of the Aviation Industry

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Jun 29, 2023

1h 15m

S12 E121

The Troubled History of the Berlin Brandenberg Airport

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Jun 15, 2023

1h 2m

S12 E120

Frozen Flight Crashes In the Potomac River

S12 E120·

Jun 1, 2023

1h 4m

S12 E119

Passenger Flight Disappears in Dense Jungle Near Colombian Border

S12 E119·

May 25, 2023

53 mins

S12 E118

Kenya Airways Flight Fails to Recover From Hard Bank Roll

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May 18, 2023

52 mins

S12 E117

Wrong Turn Proves Fatal for Garuda Indonesia Flight 152

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May 11, 2023

54 mins

S12 E116

Pilots Fight Hardover Rudder to Regain Control of Aircraft

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May 4, 2023

49 mins

S12 E115

Explosion Hits Plane After Landing Safely in Taiwan

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Apr 27, 2023

46 mins

S12 E114

Propeller Detaches and Cuts Open Belly of Passenger Plane

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Apr 20, 2023

38 mins

S12 E113

Hijacker Murders All 43 Passengers/Crew on Commuter Flight

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Apr 13, 2023

34 mins

S12 E112

Fire Breaks Out During Takeoff Resulting in Major Changes for Airline Safety Procedures

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Apr 6, 2023

1h 15m

S12 E111

Terrorist Bomb Fails to Down Philippine Airlines Flight 434

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Mar 30, 2023

44 mins

S11

Picking Apart Planes in Movies with Blaine from 'Tales from the Stinky Dragon'

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Mar 23, 2023

1h 15m

S11

This Is Why We Can’t Smoke on Flights Anymore

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Mar 9, 2023

49 mins

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Mid Air Collision Crashes in San Diego Neighborhood

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Feb 23, 2023

1h 10m

S11 E109

Charter Flight Carrying Brazilian Football Squad Disappear in the Mountains Outside Medellín

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Feb 16, 2023

1h 18m

S11 E108

Loss of Propeller Blade Forces Emergency Crash Landing

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Feb 9, 2023

51 mins

S11 E107

Boeing 757 Crashes in the Atlantic Ocean Shortly After Takeoff

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Feb 2, 2023

57 mins

S11 E106

Commuter Airliner Crashes Less Than 30 Minutes After Takeoff

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Jan 26, 2023

1 hr

S11 E105

Indonesian Flight Lost at Sea

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Jan 19, 2023

58 mins

S11 E104

Engine Fire Forces Emergency Landing Near Busy Roadway in the UK

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Jan 12, 2023

1h 7m

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Airbus Fails to Stop on Notoriously Short Runway in São Paulo

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Jan 5, 2023

58 mins

S11 E102

Flight from Bangkok Disappears in the Himalayas

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Dec 29, 2022

43 mins

S11 E101

Flight Data Recorder Stolen by Looters After Fatal Crash in Peru

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Dec 22, 2022

52 mins

S10

How Do Your Bags Actually Get to Where You Are Going?

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Dec 15, 2022

42 mins

S10

The Hardest Part of Flying a Plane

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Dec 1, 2022

56 mins

S10 E100

The Most Deadly Midair Collision of All Time

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Nov 17, 2022

47 mins

S10 E99

Demo Flight Collides with ‘Airplane Graveyard’ Mount Salak

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Nov 10, 2022

1h 4m

S10 E98

Legendary F1 Racer Investigates a Crash

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Nov 3, 2022

1h 5m

S10 E97

Engine Failure Forced This Flight to Ditch in the Mediterranean Sea

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Oct 27, 2022

51 mins

S10 E96

Disappeared Flight Found Crashed Into the Side of a Mountain

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Oct 20, 2022

45 mins

S10 E95

Why was this Test Flight Crash in the Mediterranean Declared a Crime Scene?

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Oct 13, 2022

50 mins

S10 E94

A Bad Case of Air Rage

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Oct 6, 2022

47 mins

S10 E93

Northwest Airlink 5719 / Slam Dunk Gone Wrong

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Sep 28, 2022

48 mins

S10 E92

Air Moorea 1121 / A Seven Minute Flight Ends in Tragedy

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Sep 22, 2022

48 mins

S10 E91

Seaplane Tragedy in Miami / Chalk's Ocean Airways Flight 101

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Sep 15, 2022

48 mins

A History of Seaplanes with Brian Gaar / A Seaplane Made Out of Wood

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Sep 8, 2022

49 mins

Can An Airplane Take Off with an Elephant On Board / Movie Realism with Barbara Dunkelman

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Aug 25, 2022

52 mins

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Airplane Filled with Orphans Crashes / Explosive Decompression on Operation Babylift

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Aug 11, 2022

53 mins

S9 E89

A Failure the Pilots Were Never Trained For / TAM Flight 402 Crashes into São Paulo

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Aug 4, 2022

55 mins

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A Reset Circuit Breaker Causes Crash / Indonesia AirAisia Flight 8501 Falls to the Sea

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Jul 28, 2022

50 mins

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Airplane Crashes In A Mall Parking Lot / Fine Air Flight 101 Crashes in a Mall Parking Lot

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Jul 21, 2022

1 hr

S9 E86

Engine Goes Idle During Takeoff / TAROM Flight 371, Romania's Deadliest Plane Crash

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Jul 14, 2022

49 mins

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Did The Pilot Crash This Plane on Purpose? / EgyptAir Flight 990 Ends In Controversy

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Jul 7, 2022

45 mins

S9 E84

Airplane Does a Barrel Roll with Passengers on Board / American Eagle Flight 4184 Loses Control

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Jun 30, 2022

46 mins

S9 E83

Pilots Accidently Cause a Go Around / China Airlines Flight 140 Crashes At Airport

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Jun 23, 2022

48 mins

S9 E82

Pilots Struggle as Airplane Nosedives / Alaska Airlines Flight 261 Crashes off California Coast

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Jun 16, 2022

53 mins

S9 E81

Was This Crash an Assassination? / Polish Air Force Flight 101 Crashes with President on Board

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Jun 9, 2022

57 mins

Leaving Luggage in an Airport feat. Geoff Ramsey / Chris Left His Pants on a Plane

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Jun 2, 2022

45 mins

All About Airspaces / The Places You Can't Fly In

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May 19, 2022

44 mins

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Accident Ends in Murder / The Überlingen Mid-air Collision

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May 5, 2022

1h 1m

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Airplane Crashes Upside Down on Runway / Propair Flight 420 Loses a Wing

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Apr 28, 2022

46 mins

S8 E78

Captain Survives Crashing Into Mountain / Air China Flight 129 Crashes on Approach

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Apr 21, 2022

51 mins

S8 E77

Captain Continues Banking After Instrument Failure / Korean Air Cargo 8509 Crashes Immediately After Takeoff

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Apr 14, 2022

55 mins

S8 E76

Air France Flight 296Q Crashes at Airshow / Airbus Crashes in Front of Hundreds of Spectators

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Apr 7, 2022

56 mins

S8 E75

Distracted Crew Enter a Deep Stall / West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 Falls From 33,000 Feet

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Mar 31, 2022

59 mins

Introducing 30 Morbid Minutes

Mar 29, 2022

1 min

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Pilots Crash Doing a Go Around / USAir Flight 1016 Crashes in a Neighborhood

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Mar 24, 2022

51 mins

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Airplane Stalls 1 Mile Before Runway / Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 Falls Out of the Sky

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Mar 17, 2022

51 mins

S8 E72

Pilot Refuses to Declare Emergency / Avianca Flight 52 Runs Out of Fuel

S8 E72·

Mar 10, 2022

55 mins

S8 E71

Pilot Has A Breakdown / US Bangla Airlines Flight 211

S8 E71·

Mar 3, 2022

48 mins

Introducing Ship Hits The Fan

Mar 2, 2022

54 secs

What It Takes to Animate Airplanes / Aviation Explanation Behind The Scenes

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Feb 24, 2022

43 mins

When Movies are Realistic with Insidious Inspirations / Real Pilot Starred in a Movie

S7·

Feb 10, 2022

51 mins

Nightmare at 20,000 Feet | Insidious Inspirations Podcast

S7·

Feb 10, 2022

21 mins

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The Amsterdam Apartment Disaster / El Al Flight 1862 Loses Control Over Amsterdam

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Jan 27, 2022

51 mins

S7 E69

Cargo Brings Down Plane / National Airlines Flight 102 Brought Down by Cargo

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Jan 20, 2022

55 mins

S7 E68

Confused Captain Makes a Wrong Turn / Crossair Flight 498 Spirals to the Ground

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Jan 13, 2022

50 mins

S7 E67

Joyriding Pilots Make Fatal Mistake / Pinnacle Airlines 3701

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Jan 6, 2022

1h 4m

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Refusing To Learn From Mistakes / The Turkish Airlines Flight 981 Tragedy

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Dec 30, 2021

47 mins

S7 E65

Plane Pitches Up Uncontrollably / Air Midwest Flight 5481 Stalls After Takeoff

S7 E65·

Dec 23, 2021

51 mins

S7 E64

Airplane Has Counterfit Parts / Bad Vibrations on Partnair Flight 394

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Dec 16, 2021

54 mins

S7 E63

Plane Lands But No One Exits / The Mystery on Saudia Flight 163

S7 E63·

Dec 9, 2021

45 mins

S7 E62

Confused Pilots Get Lost / American Airlines Flight 965

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Dec 2, 2021

47 mins

S7 E61

Captain Starts a Nose Dive / China Airlines Flight 006

S7 E61·

Nov 25, 2021

51 mins

The First Midair Collision / Accidents From The 1920's

S6·

Nov 18, 2021

32 mins

Learning to Fly a Plane

S6·

Nov 4, 2021

48 mins

S6 E60

The Tragedy of Helios Flight 522

S6 E60·

Oct 21, 2021

56 mins

S6 E59

Airplane is Unable to Slow Down / Cathay Pacific Flight 780

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Oct 14, 2021

55 mins

S6 E58

Airplane Nose Dives By Itself / Qantas Flight 72

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Oct 7, 2021

53 mins

S6 E57

Flying Blind in the Mountains / Texas International Airlines Flight 655

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Sep 30, 2021

34 mins

S6 E56

Plane Catches Fire After Landing / China Airlines Flight 120

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Sep 23, 2021

41 mins

S6 E55

Strong Winds Push Aircraft Off the Runway / Continental Airlines Flight 1404

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Sep 16, 2021

49 mins

S6 E54

Unqualified Pilots Crash Plane / Aeroflot Flight 821

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Sep 9, 2021

43 mins

S6 E53

Fire Above the Cockpit / Swissair Flight 111

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Sep 2, 2021

39 mins

S6 E52

Mysterious Crash in the Pacific / The Search for Pan Am Flight 7

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Aug 26, 2021

45 mins

S6 E51

Engine Falls Off During Takeoff / American Airlines Flight 191

S6 E51·

Aug 19, 2021

48 mins

The Rise and Fall of Trijets

S5·

Aug 12, 2021

37 mins

Chris Versus The Audience

S5·

Jul 29, 2021

1h 2m

S5 E50

Crash of the Boeing 737 Max 8

S5 E50·

Jul 15, 2021

1h 11m

S5 E49

The Azores Glider

S5 E49·

Jul 8, 2021

50 mins

S5 E48

Landing With Closed Curtains

S5 E48·

Jul 1, 2021

38 mins

S5 E47

Was This Crash on Purpose?

S5 E47·

Jun 24, 2021

53 mins

S5 E46

Getting Lost On The Ground

S5 E46·

Jun 17, 2021

45 mins

S5 E45

Disappearing Off The Ireland Coast

S5 E45·

Jun 10, 2021

50 mins

S5 E44

Microburst Causes Crash in Dallas

S5 E44·

Jun 3, 2021

44 mins

S5 E43

Crashing Into A Seawall

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May 27, 2021

57 mins

S5 E42

The Los Angeles Runway Disaster

S5 E42·

May 20, 2021

46 mins

S5 E41

Crashing in a California Suburb

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May 13, 2021

38 mins

Aviation Realism in Movies with Bloody Disgusting

S4·

May 6, 2021

47 mins

Introducing Tales from the Stinky Dragon

May 4, 2021

2 mins

Pranked at an Airport

S4·

Apr 22, 2021

36 mins

S4 E40

Mysterious Explosion Over New York

S4 E40·

Apr 8, 2021

49 mins

S4 E39

Pilot Shuts Down Wrong Engine

S4 E39·

Apr 1, 2021

43 mins

S4 E38

Crashing Into Construction Equipment

S4 E38·

Mar 25, 2021

34 mins

S4 E37

Flat Tire During Takeoff

S4 E37·

Mar 18, 2021

34 mins

S4 E36

Cargo Door Bursts Open Mid Flight

S4 E36·

Mar 11, 2021

43 mins

S4 E35

Colliding Over California

S4 E35·

Mar 4, 2021

42 mins

S4 E34

Sliding Off The Runway

S4 E34·

Feb 25, 2021

46 mins

S4 E33

Stalling On Takeoff

S4 E33·

Feb 19, 2021

47 mins

S4 E32

Football Team Crashes on Approach

S4 E32·

Feb 11, 2021

38 mins

S4 E31

Accident In Antarctica

S4 E31·

Feb 4, 2021

37 mins

Movie Disasters with The Real Canon

S3·

Jan 28, 2021

43 mins

Stories From Gus and Chris

S3·

Jan 14, 2021

38 mins

S3 E30

Fatalities on the Safest Airline

S3 E30·

Dec 31, 2020

38 mins

S3 E29

Birds Bring Down Airplane

S3 E29·

Dec 24, 2020

49 mins

S3 E28

Crashing Minutes After Takeoff

S3 E28·

Dec 17, 2020

38 mins

S3 E27

Surviving a Fall From 21,000 Feet

S3 E27·

Dec 10, 2020

37 mins

S3 E26

Landing on a Levee

S3 E26·

Dec 3, 2020

38 mins

S3 E25

Children Cause Crash

S3 E25·

Nov 26, 2020

38 mins

S3 E24

Hidden Fire On Plane

S3 E24·

Nov 19, 2020

38 mins

S3 E23

Airplane Ripped Open Mid Flight

S3 E23·

Nov 12, 2020

37 mins

S3 E22

Biggest Passenger Plane Loses Engine

S3 E22·

Nov 5, 2020

35 mins

S3 E21

A Collison Midair

S3 E21·

Oct 29, 2020

47 mins

True Crime RTX Panel

S2·

Oct 22, 2020

51 mins

Volcano Takes Out Plane’s Engines

S2·

Oct 8, 2020

47 mins

S2 E20

Deadliest Aviation Accident In History

S2 E20·

Sep 24, 2020

37 mins

S2 E19

People Sucked Out of Airplane

S2 E19·

Sep 17, 2020

35 mins

S2 E18

Hijackers Run Out of Fuel

S2 E18·

Sep 10, 2020

33 mins

S2 E17

Stalling at the Speed of Sound

S2 E17·

Sep 3, 2020

41 mins

S2 E16

History Of Hijackings

S2 E16·

Aug 27, 2020

35 mins

S2 E15

Cause Of Crash Unknown

S2 E15·

Aug 20, 2020

30 mins

S2 E14

Crashing In A New York Neighborhood

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Aug 13, 2020

33 mins

S2 E13

Trying To Land With No Controls

S2 E13·

Aug 6, 2020

31 mins

S2 E12

Stalling 38,000 Feet Over The Atlantic

S2 E12·

Jul 30, 2020

40 mins

S2 E11

Plane Crashes Into Home

S2 E11·

Jul 23, 2020

39 mins

Introducing Red Web

Jul 20, 2020

1 min

Pop Quiz For Chris

S1·

Jul 16, 2020

21 mins

Interview With Crash Survivor

S1·

Jul 2, 2020

22 mins

S1 E10

Missing Malaysian Flight

S1 E10·

Jun 18, 2020

56 mins

S1 E9

Two Light Bulbs Cause Two Crashes

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Jun 11, 2020

36 mins

S1 E8

Crashed Feet Before the Runway

S1 E8·

Jun 4, 2020

33 mins

S1 E7

Airship Falls Into The Ocean

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May 28, 2020

30 mins

S1 E6

Tragedy In The Everglades

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May 21, 2020

34 mins

S1 E5

A Fight In Flight

S1 E5·

May 14, 2020

23 mins

S1 E4

Passenger Planes Shot Down

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May 7, 2020

46 mins

S1 E3

The Crash of the Concorde

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Apr 30, 2020

33 mins

S1 E2

Deadliest Single Aircraft Accident

S1 E2·

Apr 23, 2020

34 mins

S1 E1

Out of Fuel at 41,000 Feet

S1 E1·

Apr 16, 2020

37 mins

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Mar 19, 2020

56 secs

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