Back In Time: Five Final Minutes

Juliana's away this fortnight, but listen in as she goes back in time and revisits an early episode from Season 1 of "The Skeptical Historian." 'Five Final Minutes' examines the mysterious crash of Trans Australian Airlines Flight 538, and the surprising safety legacy that followed.***On the 10th of June 1960, Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538 was attempting to land at MacKay airport in Queensland, Australia. Within the space of five minutes, the plane had lost radio contact and disappeared.Five hours later, the wreckage was found floating off the Queensland coast and the story of T.A.A Flight 538's final five minutes have continued to haunt investigators to this day. What happened? And how did it happen so fast? Join Juliana as she attempts to answer these questions and examines how attitudes towards air safety changed in the wake of Flight 538, including the contribution one Australian made to keeping the skies safer.