Hard Landings

Us reading aviation stories from our listeners about when they felt lucky!

Buddy Holly, J.P Richardson, and Ritchie Valens are tiered of taking their horrible tour bus to and from gigs and decide to charter a Beechcraft Bonanza to take them to their next destination when something goes horribly wrong. What caused their plane to crash in a corn field in Iowa, marking February 3, 1959 the day the music died? 

A Helios Airways 737 is on its way to Athens when the plane does not descend like it is supposed to. What caused this flight to eventually crash into a hill?

A British Airways 747 is making a series of hops on its way to New Zealand when something goes wrong. What causes this flight to make an emergency landing in Jakarta.

A United Airlines Boeing 727 is doing a series of stop overs from New York to San Francisco when disaster strikes in Salt Lake City. What caused this bird to crash on the runway and melt?

Us reading stories from listeners on when they fell in love with aviation.

A World Airways DC-10 is landing at the Logan International Airport but landing causes some difficulties.  What caused this heavy DC-10 to overrun the runway?

An Aeroflot A310 is on its way from Moscow to Hong Kong when it suddenly crashes on its way. What caused this flight to plunge from the sky less than mid-way through their flight?

A Western Airlines DC-10 is landing in Mexico City when something goes wrong. What cause this crew to land on the wrong runway?

A Fine Air DC-8 cargo plane is getting loaded up for its trip to the Dominican Republic from Miami. What caused this flight to crash right after take off?

A Garuda Indonesia 737-400 is doing a short flight in Indonesia when it unexpectedly overruns the runway at the airport in Yogyakarta. Find out how bad training, little CRM, and a weird incentive caused this flight’s lading to go so wrong.

We read/ react to our listener's first aviation experience stories. We read through several firsts from our listener David, and read stories from our friends Emily and Lyssa.

A Trans Colorado flight is on its way to Cortez, Colorado with a stop in Durango. Find out how substance misuse, CRM, and weather caused this flight to crash miles from the runway.

Two flights are on a deadly collision course. Find out how a perfect storm of confusion, training, maintenance, and a singular air traffic controller caused two planes to collide over Überlingen, Germany.

A TWA flight is on its way to LaGuardia in New York in a Lockheed Super Constellation when they stop responding to ATC. A United Airlines is trying to get to JFK by taking a short cut when they also stop responding to ATC. What caused these two flights to meet the same fate?

A Pinnacle Airlines Bombardier CRJ-200 is getting moved to Minneapolis when it calls an emergency. Find out how this crew caused a very avoidable accident to occur.

An Atlantic Southeast Airlines Embraer 120 is on its way to Mississippi when a loud crack is heard. What happened to this twin turbo prop airline that caused it to crash miles from an airport?

We read/ react to listener holiday aviation stories and we tell some of our holiday stories as well.

A Partniar Convair 580 is on its way to Hamburg, Germany for its passengers to christen a ship when they plummet from the sky. What caused this flight to crash into the ocean?

A Northwest Airlines MD-80 is about to take off out of the Detroit Metropolitan Airport when something goes wrong. Find out how this flight crew caused this flight to become unstable.

An Air Canada DC-9 is on its way to Toronto, Canada when an emergency causes the plane to make an emergency landing in Cincinnati, Kentucky. Find out the mysterious circumstances behind the emergency descent.

Our Aviation Stories of the Month Episode for November. We read thank god/thank goodness stories from our listeners like you.

A DC-8 Cargo Plane is on its climb out of Sacramento when something unexpected happens. What caused this plane to crash into a selvedge yard.

An American Airlines 737 is landing at the airport in Kingston, Jamaica when something goes wrong. Find out how weather, a lack of information, and bad crew resource management caused this plane to over run the runway almost landing in the ocean. Link to L-1011 Project: https://www.facebook.com/groups/598644850868032/?ref=pages_group_cta

A Lockheed Super Electra is making a series of flights from Minneapolis to Seattle in the late 1930’s when something goes wrong. Find out how this flight crashes in Miles City, Montana after taking off in our oldest reported crash yet!