Plane Crash Diaries
Desmond LathamI'm a pilot obsessed with flying and all things aviation. This podcast series covers more than a century of commercial aviation and how its shaped the world. Aviation is now safer than its ever been, but it took one hundred years of learning and often through accidents and incidents to reduce the risk of flying.
| Publishes | Infrequently | Episodes | 42 | Founded | 6 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Category | Science | |||
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This is episode 42, and we’re diving into a particular category of aviation accidents — those that happen right at the beginning of a pilot’s journey. We’re talking about ab initio training mishaps. Ab initio, Latin for “from the beginning,” refers t... more
Episode 41 is about substance abuse, technocrats behaving badly, sub-standard crew training and fatal attractions to nicotine and C H 3 C H 2 OH — methylethyl alcohol, otherwise known as hootch, or in South Africa, dop. This is an episode that’s long... more
Episode 40 is about maintenance blunders. Aviation is littered with a long list of these, sometimes it the failure of unofficial parts, sometimes its poor management, sometimes engineers who cut corners - and believe it or not, all three. Because the... more
This is episode 39 and we’re looking at a horrendous accident, Saudia Airlines Flight 163, a Lockheed TriStar which was gutted in a blaze on the ground on 19th August 1980 - all 301 aboard died. The plane was registered in Saudi Arabia as HZ-AHK, and... more
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I was really bored and hoping for something interesting. I dibt know what he was going on about, but it wasn't anything crash fans don't already know (most crashes happen at night? Well, DUH! You can't see the horizon. Next he'll say that you're very likely dead if you hit the water. Show me a water crash, minus Scully, where ANYONE survived...). 25 seasons of Mayday Air Disasters and it's WAY more common that everyone dies over ANYONE surviving. The one that stunned me that anyone lived where t... more
Audible1Max
United States13 days ago- Firm Favourite
Love these! Des Latham, you are much appreciated!
Request for an episode based on the book, “Fireball: Carole Lombard and the Mystery of Flight 3.” 🥲
Apple Podcasts5Lucy Shimmers
United Kingdom9 months ago - Super podcast
Very well researched and informative podcast . Many thanks Des Latham !
Apple Podcasts5TECIWUnited Kingdoma year ago Great speaker telling interesting stories of air tragedies. Very addictive! Story of Paine Stewart a great example start there. Also airship history!!!
Audible5TDWUnited Statesa year ago- Factual, fascinating, darkly fun
Great speaker telling interesting stories of air tragedies. Very addictive! Story of Paine Stewart a great example start there. Also airship history!!!
Audible5TDWUnited Statesa year ago
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Apple Podcasts | #177 |  South Africa/Science |
Apple Podcasts | #214 |  India/Science |
Apple Podcasts | #239 |  Finland/Science |
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