Today’s podcast is on a catastrophe that’s relatively unknown in the realm of airline crashes and catastrophes, but the effects as a result of the investigation into the crash is something that we can see, and live with to this day. As a matter of fact, you basically pay honor or tribute to all those involved in the crash of Delta Airlines flight 954 and North Central Airlines flight 575 every single time you get on an airplane!
As usual, you can download the podcast from this link, find us on iTunes at this link, or listen to the podcast in the below player.
Sources for the podcast are as follows:
- Wikipedia: 1972 Chicago-O’Hare Runway Collision
- The Pittsburgh Post: 11 Are Killed In Crash Of Airliner In Chicago
- Aviation-Safety.net: ASN Aircraft Accident McDonnell-Douglas DC-9-31 N954N Chicago-O’Hare International Airport (ORD)
- Airdisaster.com: Aircraft Accident Report File NTSB-AAR-73-15
And as promised, here is a diagram of Chicago O’Hare, along with crash information:
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