The Spiral of Wrath: The crash of Armavia flight 967When 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 519Nov 519
Nightmare at the Edge of the World: The crash of Panarctic Oils flight 416The harrowing story of an oilfield resupply flight in the High Arctic that left 32 people dead and two crewmembers fighting for survival.Sep 2416Sep 2416
Into the Valley of Death: The crash of American Eagle flight 4184 and the ATR icing storyThe full story of the fatal flaw that almost undid Avions de Transport Regional, and the tragic crash that brought that flaw to light.Sep 231Sep 231
Failures of Technique: The crash of Air New Zealand DC-8 ZK-NZBA training captain’s unorthodox attempt to simulate an engine failure on takeoff uncovers a hidden design flaw in the Douglas DC-8.Jul 2016Jul 2016
Why so few articles lately? And why not on Saturdays? A quick rundownHello 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 2626Jun 2626
A Long Night in Coventry: The crash of Air Algérie flight 702PA tired crew, a difficult approach, bad weather, and outdated equipment send a Boeing 737 cargo plane plunging into a suburban…Jun 1414Jun 1414
A Shot in the Dark: The Untold Story of Korean Air Lines flight 007Revisiting the day the Soviet Union shot down an airliner, and how amid Cold War passions, the world misremembered it.May 2137May 2137
Designed to Crash: The bizarre story of Antonov An-28 HA-LAJ and its demiseNobody 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 427May 427
Fire in the Fog: The crash of Swissair flight 306In 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 139Apr 139
Powerless over London: The crash of British Airways flight 38When a British Airways Boeing 777 crash-landed at Heathrow Airport in 2008, investigators went to extraordinary lengths to solve the case.Apr 632Apr 632