Today’s podcast is about two different incidents, that are not only 30 years apart but are immeasurably different based on the outcomes of both incidents. The first, United Airlines Flight 232, is one that haunts me just because of the sheer horror in the detail that was caught on camera, while the second, Southwest Airlines […]
Tag Archives: United Airlines
Mar
11
2019
The 737-MAX8 – Exactly What Is Going On?
So what’s going on with Boeing’s replacement for the next generation of 737? One crash of a brand new airplane is an anomaly. But two? Isn’t that a bit more than a coincidence? First came the Lion Air Flight 610 crash in October 2018 that happened within 20 minutes of takeoff. And this weekend brought […]
Apr
24
2015
Eastwind Flight 517 from June 9th, 1996, and how it changed aviation
Today’s podcast, which comes with a shoutout to Gabe for the awesome email and getting me back to work here, is about Eastwind Airlines flight 517. And while this flight may not sound familiar to many people, the simple fact is that it had profound results that reverberated throughout the aviation world. As usual, you […]
May
05
2014
New Article on and Old Crash
So while CNN and the rest of the world focuses on the fate of Malaysia Flight 370, we are coming up on the anniversary of one of the most notable, memorable crashes in modern time. That crash was United Flight 232, the DC10 that crashed at Sioux City Airport on July 19, 1989. Popular Mechanics […]
Oct
23
2012
An Update on an Old Crash
Sometimes you just have to realize how small the world is. I was in a cab heading to Portland International Airport on Monday morning, and ended up talking to the cabdriver about a few dozen subjects. For some reason, we started talking about airliner crashes, and I brought up the United Airlines crash that’d happened […]
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