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The Spiral of Wrath: The crash of Armavia flight 967

When a routine flight takes an abnormal turn, a series of small errors causes panic in the cockpit of an Armenian A320 with 113 on board.

Nov 5

The Spiral of Wrath: The crash of Armavia flight 967

Nov 5

Nightmare at the Edge of the World: The crash of Panarctic Oils flight 416

The harrowing story of an oilfield resupply flight in the High Arctic that left 32 people dead and two crewmembers fighting for survival.

Sep 24

Nightmare at the Edge of the World: The crash of Panarctic Oils flight 416

Sep 24

Into the Valley of Death: The crash of American Eagle flight 4184 and the ATR icing story

The full story of the fatal flaw that almost undid Avions de Transport Regional, and the tragic crash that brought that flaw to light.

Sep 2

Into the Valley of Death: The crash of American Eagle flight 4184 and the ATR icing story

Sep 2

Failures of Technique: The crash of Air New Zealand DC-8 ZK-NZB

A training captain’s unorthodox attempt to simulate an engine failure on takeoff uncovers a hidden design flaw in the Douglas DC-8.

Jul 20

Failures of Technique: The crash of Air New Zealand DC-8 ZK-NZB

Jul 20

Why so few articles lately? And why not on Saturdays? A quick rundown

Hello dear readers! For those of you who follow me on Reddit or Discord, you probably know a fair bit already about why I’ve suddenly been…

Jun 26

Jun 26

A Long Night in Coventry: The crash of Air Algérie flight 702P

A tired crew, a difficult approach, bad weather, and outdated equipment send a Boeing 737 cargo plane plunging into a suburban…

Jun 14

A Long Night in Coventry: The crash of Air Algérie flight 702P

Jun 14

A Shot in the Dark: The Untold Story of Korean Air Lines flight 007

Revisiting the day the Soviet Union shot down an airliner, and how amid Cold War passions, the world misremembered it.

May 21

A Shot in the Dark: The Untold Story of Korean Air Lines flight 007

May 21

Designed to Crash: The bizarre story of Antonov An-28 HA-LAJ and its demise

Nobody was killed when a Soviet-built Antonov An-28 crashed in England in 1993. But the accident did reveal a truly “shocking” design flaw…

May 4

Designed to Crash: The bizarre story of Antonov An-28 HA-LAJ and its demise

May 4

Fire in the Fog: The crash of Swissair flight 306

In 1963, a Swissair jet caught fire and crashed near Zürich, killing 80 people. Was the fire caused by a botched attempt to disperse fog?

Apr 13

Fire in the Fog: The crash of Swissair flight 306

Apr 13

Powerless over London: The crash of British Airways flight 38

When a British Airways Boeing 777 crash-landed at Heathrow Airport in 2008, investigators went to extraordinary lengths to solve the case.

Apr 6

Powerless over London: The crash of British Airways flight 38

Apr 6

Admiral Cloudberg

Admiral Cloudberg

Kyra Dempsey, analyzer of plane crashes. @Admiral_Cloudberg on Reddit, @KyraCloudy on Twitter and Bluesky. Email inquires -> kyracloudy97@gmail.com.

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