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 […]
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Jul
04
2014
The Limnic Eruption of Lake Nyos of August, 1986
Today’s podcast touches on a more obscure natural phenomenon that occurred in Cameroon back in 1986. The limnic eruption of Lake Nyos, when submerged carbon dioxide gas was suddenly forced to the surface, is something that doesn’t happen all that often, but when it does, the results are deadly. As usual, you can download the […]
Jun
20
2014
Quick thoughts on the Hyatt Regency episode
So after I published the podcast, I sat down and watched the A&E special “Minute By Minute” programs linked in the previous blogpost, and have to say I’ve changed my mind about something. I didn’t watch the episode beforehand, because I didn’t want it tainting the research I’d done. At the end of my podcast, […]
Jun
20
2014
They Hyatt Regency, Kansas City Skywalk Collapse of July, 1981
Today’s podcast goes just a few years back and focuses on the skywalk collapse that happened at the Hyatt Regency, Kansas City hotel back in July, 1981. The collapse had one main reason for failure, and some circumstances that might have even prevented it, had the suggestions been met with proper acknowledgement instead of disapproval from […]
Jun
06
2014
The Dawson Mining Catastrophe of 1913
Today’s podcast goes into the history of Dawson, New Mexico, and the explosions that took the lives of many miners since the mines opened in 1901. The explosion of Stag Canyon #2 in 1913 remains one of the largest loss of life during a mining operation in America’s history. As usual, you can download the […]
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 […]
Jan
20
2014
Some Suggestions
Based on the last podcast, the Hartford Circus Fire, I’ve got a couple of suggestions that I can pass on – both on the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. The first is the podcast from Stuff You Missed In History Class, a part of StuffYouShouldKnow.com. They did a really good podcast on the Triangle Shirtwaist fire […]
Jan
17
2014
The Hartford Circus Fire of 1944
Today’s podcast, which I published earlier in the day before I got a chance to do a blogpost about it, is about the Hartford circus fire of 1944. This fire remains one of the largest fires in terms of casualties (between 165 and 185 killed, and about 700 injured) in the history of the United […]
Dec
23
2013
An Odd Finding
So I just happened to do a Google search for “retired flight numbers” and one of the first things that came up was American Airlines Flight 1, which operates daily between JFK and LAX. Historically, airlines will retire flight numbers after a crash. But in this case, even though there was a crash of an […]
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