Black Box Down
by Black Box Down
A true crime podcast in the air. Lifelong aviation enthusiast Gustavo Sorola and his co-host Chris Demarais break down the major accidents in aviation and the steps taken to prevent future disasters. If you like true-crime podcasts but want something fresh and unique, you’ll love Black Box Down. Subscribe now and fasten your seat belt.
Episodes
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The Future of the Aviation Industry
Gustavo Sorola and Chris Demarais discuss the future of the aviation industry in this final episode of Black Box Down. This episode is sponsored by Rocket Money, go to http://rocketmoney.com/blackboxdown to cancel unwanted subscriptions with Rocket Money; Henson Shaving, go to...
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The Troubled History of the Berlin Brandenberg Airport
Gustavo Sorola and Chris Demarais explore the more than 25 year saga of the Berlin Brandenberg Airport. Find out the story behind the troubled development of the German capitol's airport after the fall of the Berlin Wall on this episode of Black Box Down.
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Frozen Flight Crashes In the Potomac River
Gustavo Sorola and Chris Demarais discover the details of Air Florida Flight 90 after it crashed in the frozen Potomac River just after takeoff. A harrowing rescue managed to extract only 6 people after the aircraft struck the 14th Street bridge connecting Arlington, Virginia and Washington, D.C....
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Passenger Flight Disappears in Dense Jungle Near Colombian Border
Chris Demarais and Gustavo Sorola dig through the details of what caused Copa Flight 201 to crash into one of the most remote jungles on the planet. What happened to this flight that led it to become the deadliest accident in Panamanian aviation history? Find out on this episode of Black Bock…
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Kenya Airways Flight Fails to Recover From Hard Bank Roll
Gustavo Sorola and Chris Demarais investigate what happened to Kenya Airways Flight 507 after the pilots failed to recover from a hard bank roll that fatally ended in the tragic loss of all 114 people on board. Find out what happened on this episode of Black Box Down. This episode is sponsored by...
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Wrong Turn Proves Fatal for Garuda Indonesia Flight 152
Chris Demarais and Gustavo Sorola uncover how a wrong turn became deadly for Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 on this episode of Black Box Down. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp — go to http://betterhelp.com/rooster to get 10% off your first month, Express VPN — go to...
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Pilots Fight Hardover Rudder to Regain Control of Aircraft
Gustavo Sorola and Chris Demarais investigate what happened to Northwest Airlines Flight 85 that caused the plane to get stuck in a hard left bank over the Bering Sea. Find out how the flight crew managed to fight an unresponsive rudder and if they managed to make it back to the ground safely on...
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Explosion Hits Plane After Landing Safely in Taiwan
Chris Demarais and Gustavo Sorola discover what happened to Uni Air Flight 873 after an explosion rocked the passenger cabin just after landing, spreading a fire and forcing an emergency evacuation. Find out what caused this tragic event on this episode of Black Box Down. (Note: you must add both...
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Propeller Detaches and Cuts Open Belly of Passenger Plane
Gustavo Sorola and Chris Demarais get to the bottom of what happened when a propeller detached from a Lockheed L-188C and cut open the belly of the fuselage forcing Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8 crew to take drastic measures to attempt to land the aircraft with no controls. Find out what…
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Hijacker Murders All 43 Passengers/Crew on Commuter Flight
Gustavo Sorola and Chris Demarais uncover the details of Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 after a hijacker took over the aircraft with a revolver he smuggled past security and ended up murdering all 43 people on board. Find out how this nightmare unfolded on this episode of Black Box Down....
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Fire Breaks Out During Takeoff Resulting in Major Changes for Airline Safety Procedures
Chris Demarais and Gustavo Sorola uncover what happened to British Airtours Flight 28M when a fire broke out during the takeoff roll. Find out what happened and how this tragedy changed the safety protocols for the airline industry on this episode of Black Box Down. Find us on social media and…
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Terrorist Bomb Fails to Down Philippine Airlines Flight 434
Gustavo Sorola and Chris Demarais figure out how a terrorist bomb explosion failed to bring down Philippine Airlines Flight 434. With the aid of a competent crew and quick thinking, the aircraft managed to land safely with the tragic loss of one passenger. Find out what happened on this episode…
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Picking Apart Planes in Movies with Blaine from 'Tales from the Stinky Dragon'
Gustavo Sorola and Chris Demarais are joined by Blaine Gibson of 'Tales from the Stinky Dragon' fame to pick apart the details of Hollywood's attempts to portray air travel in movies. Find out which films got it right in this Bonus episode of Black Box Down. This episode is sponsored by…
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This Is Why We Can’t Smoke on Flights Anymore
Chris Demarais and Gustavo Sorola dive into the reasons smoking has been banned on airlines. Find out why airlines have put a stop to the Madmen era of smoking on flights in this episode of Black Box Down. Find us on social media and buy our merch here! https://linktr.ee/BlackBoxDownPod Go to...
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Mid Air Collision Crashes in San Diego Neighborhood
Gustavo Sorola and Chris Demarais uncover what happened to Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182 after it collided with a Cessna 172 and crashed into a San Diego neighborhood below. How did these planes collide if the PSA captain had the Cessna in sight? Could air traffic control have done more…
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Charter Flight Carrying Brazilian Football Squad Disappear in the Mountains Outside Medellín
Gustavo Sorola and Chris Demarais uncover the details of LaMia Flight 2933 carrying a Brazilian soccer team and their entourage from Santa Cruz, Bolivia to the final match of the 2016 Copa Sudamericana tournament in Colombia. The flight would disappear in the mountains outside of Medellín after a...
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Loss of Propeller Blade Forces Emergency Crash Landing
Chris Demarais and Gustavo Sorola investigate what happened after a propeller exploded and forced Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529 out of the air shortly after takeoff. What caused the left engine to malfunction? Could anything have been done to make it back to the airport? Did anybody...
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Boeing 757 Crashes in the Atlantic Ocean Shortly After Takeoff
Chris Demarais and Gustavo Sorola find out why Birgenair Flight 301, a Boeing 757 with 189 people on board, fell out of the sky and crashed in the Atlantic shortly after taking off from the Dominican Republic. What could have caused the airliner to stall so soon after departure? Find out on this...
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Commuter Airliner Crashes Less Than 30 Minutes After Takeoff
Chris Demarais and Gustavo Sorola uncover what happened to KLM Cityhopper Flight 433 after the airliner failed to reach enough speed to takeoff safely. After a failed landing attempt in Amsterdam, the flight crashed in a field less than 2,000 feet to the right of the runway killing 3 of the…
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Indonesian Flight Lost at Sea
Gustavo Sorola and Chris Demarais attempt to unravel the mystery behind the disappearance of Adam Air 574, a Boeing 737 with 102 people on board, en route to Manado from Surabaya in Indonesian when Air Traffic Control lost them from radar over the ocean in the vicinity of the Makassar Strait.…
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Engine Fire Forces Emergency Landing Near Busy Roadway in the UK
Gustavo Sorola and Chris Demarais uncover the details of what happened to British Midland Airways Flight 092 after smoke filled the cabin signaling engine failure and forcing the Boeing 737 to attempt an emergency landing at a runway near a busy motorway in the UK. Find out what happened on this...
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Airbus Fails to Stop on Notoriously Short Runway in São Paulo
Gustavo Sorola and Chris Demarais sort through the details of what happened to Tam Airlines Flight 3054’s crash landing at Sao Paulo’s Congonhas airport under heavy rains on an infamous runway with a history of incidents due to the degree of difficulty involved in landing on it. How did the crew...
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Flight from Bangkok Disappears in the Himalayas
Chris Demarais and Gustavo Sorola uncover what caused Thai Airways International Flight 311 to cause the tragic crash deep in the Himalayan mountains. Find out what happened on this episode of Black Box Down. Find us on social media and buy our merch here! https://linktr.ee/BlackBoxDownPod Go to...
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Flight Data Recorder Stolen by Looters After Fatal Crash in Peru
Chris Demarais and Gustavo Sorola discover what happened after Transportes Aéreos Nacionales de Selva (TANS) Flight 204 disappeared in the Amazon jungle while attempting an emergency landing at Pucallpa Airport in Peru. Find out what happened on this episode of Black Box Down. Find us on social...
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How Do Your Bags Actually Get to Where You Are Going?
Gustavo Sorola and Chris Demarais talk about the hidden world of baggage handling and how your bags end up wherever they end up. Find us on social media and buy our merch here! https://linktr.ee/BlackBoxDownPod Go to blackboxdownpod.com to support us directly!
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The Hardest Part of Flying a Plane
Chris and Gus talk about the process of getting a pilot license as well as the challenges and situations you may not have thought about. Find us on social media and buy our merch here! https://linktr.ee/BlackBoxDownPod Go to blackboxdownpod.com to support us directly! This episode is sponsored by...
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The Most Deadly Midair Collision of All Time
Chris Demarais and Gustavo Sorola get to the cause of how Saudia Flight 763 and Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907 collided to become the most deadly midair collision of all time. Find out what happened on this episode of Black Box Down. Find us on social media and buy our merch here!...
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Demo Flight Collides with ‘Airplane Graveyard’ Mount Salak
Chris Demarais and Gustavo Sorola discover why a demonstration flight promoting the new Russian Sukhoi Superjet passenger aircraft ended in the tragic loss of life on the side of a steep mountain in Indonesia. Find out what happened in this episode of Black Box Down. Find us on social media and…
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Legendary F1 Racer Investigates a Crash
Chris Demarais and Gustavo Sorola get to the cause of how a Boeing 767 servicing legendary F1 racer Niki Lauda's airline became the deadliest crash in Thailand's history. Find out what happened in this episode of Black Box Down. Find us on social media and buy our merch here!...
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Engine Failure Forced This Flight to Ditch in the Mediterranean Sea
Chris Demarais and Gustavo Sorola uncover the root of the cause of why Tuninter Flight 1153 lost both engines and was forced to ditch into the Mediterranean causing it to break up on impact. Find out what happened in this episode of Black Box Down. Find us on social media and buy our merch here!...
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Disappeared Flight Found Crashed Into the Side of a Mountain
While on a visual approach, Trigana Air Flight 267, an ATR 42 turboprop with 54 people on board, contacts air traffic control and disappears into a cloud. Repeated calls to the aircraft go unanswered. A pilot departing Oksibil reports seeing smoke on a nearby mountainside. The plane has impacted…
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Why was this Test Flight Crash in the Mediterranean Declared a Crime Scene?
XL Airways Germany Flight 888T was on a test flight when it crashed into the Mediterranean Sea November 27, 2008, off the French coast killing all 7 people on board. During final approach, the flight disappeared from radar. Find out what happened on this episode of Black Box Down. Follow us on...
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A Bad Case of Air Rage
Chris Demarais tells Gustavo Sorola all about incidents of air rage and how it can affect a flight. Find out what happens when passengers become a hazard in this episode of Black Box Down. https://linktr.ee/BlackBoxDownPod Go to blackboxdownpod.com to support us directly!
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Northwest Airlink 5719 / Slam Dunk Gone Wrong
Northwest Airlink 5719 is about to land at Chisolm-Hibbing airport in Minnesota. Poor weather and a tail wind have forced the pilots to change their plans and land on the runway in the opposite direction from what they were initially cleared for. The plane makes a steep descent through icy...
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Air Moorea 1121 / A Seven Minute Flight Ends in Tragedy
Air Moorea 1121, a seven minute long passenger flight between the islands of Moorea and Tahiti, has taken off for its quick flight. Witnesses on the beach are horrified as shortly after takeoff the plane plunged into the ocean below. What led to this disaster in paradise? Find out in this episode...
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Seaplane Tragedy in Miami / Chalk's Ocean Airways Flight 101
December 19th, 2005. Chalk’s Ocean Airways Flight 101, a 58 year old Grumman G-73T Turbine Mallard seaplane with 20 people on board, is taking off from the Miami Seaplane Base, bound for a short 25 minute flight to Bimini in the Bahamas. The seaplane accelerates across the water and becomes...
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A History of Seaplanes with Brian Gaar / A Seaplane Made Out of Wood
Gustavo and Chris are joined by Brian Gaar from Ship Hits The Fan to learn about the history of seaplanes. Learn some fun facts in this bonus episode of Black Box Down. Find us on social media and buy our merch here! https://linktr.ee/BlackBoxDownPod Go to blackboxdownpod.com to support us…
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Can An Airplane Take Off with an Elephant On Board / Movie Realism with Barbara Dunkelman
Gustavo and Chris are joined by Barbara Dunkelman from Squad Team Force to talk about more airplanes in movies. What happens when an elephant gets put on an airplane? Find out in this bonus episode of Black Box Down. Find us on social media and buy our merch here!…
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Airplane Filled with Orphans Crashes / Explosive Decompression on Operation Babylift
A Lockheed C-5A Galaxy is carrying orphans out of Vietnam. Operation Babylift was a military operation during the Vietnam War to evacuate baby orphans and bring them to the United States and other countries. During the first flight of this operation, the airplane suffers an explosive…
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A Failure the Pilots Were Never Trained For / TAM Flight 402 Crashes into São Paulo
A Fokker 100 crashes shortly after taking off in Brazil. TAM Flight 402 has an autothrottle failure during the takeoff roll. The pilots on board take the correct actions against this and continue with their takeoff. Shortly after lifting off the runway, the throttle for one of the engines reduces...
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A Reset Circuit Breaker Causes Crash / Indonesia AirAisia Flight 8501 Falls to the Sea
An Airbus A320 crashes in the ocean near Indonesia. Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 is cruising at 32,000 feet when the pilots receive an error message in the cockpit. The error is a minor problem and the pilots are able to fix it in a quick and easy way. The error message pops up again several…
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Airplane Crashes In A Mall Parking Lot / Fine Air Flight 101 Crashes in a Mall Parking Lot
A McDonnell Douglas DC-8 crashes in a busy Miami parking lot. Fine Air Flight 101 is packed with cargo bound for the Dominican Republic. Just after take off, the airplane pitches up sharply and starts to stall. The pilots don't have enough time to react to this unexpected pitch and are not able…
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Engine Goes Idle During Takeoff / TAROM Flight 371, Romania's Deadliest Plane Crash
An Airbus A310 crashes less than a minute after takeoff. TAROM Flight 371 has just taken off from Bucharest bound for Brussels. Moments after leaving the ground one of the engines starts to reduce to idle. The crew are unaware this happens and lose control. The plane dives to the ground and…
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Did The Pilot Crash This Plane on Purpose? / EgyptAir Flight 990 Ends In Controversy
A Boeing 767 suddenly crashes into the Atlantic Ocean. EgyptAir Flight 990 has recently taken off from New York when crew members switch their rest shifts ahead of schedule. The captain leaves the cockpit for a moment leaving the first officer alone at the controls. Suddenly the airplane starts...
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Airplane Does a Barrel Roll with Passengers on Board / American Eagle Flight 4184 Loses Control
An ATR-72 starts to violently bank right on its own. American Eagle Flight 4184 is flying to Chicago when it gets placed in a holding pattern. After 45 minutes the crew start receiving further clearance but as they make their way down the controls suddenly whip all the way to the right. The plane...
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Pilots Accidently Cause a Go Around / China Airlines Flight 140 Crashes At Airport
An Airbus 300 crashes on airport grounds. China Airlines Flight 140 is on final approach to Nagoya, Japan. As the crew is making final preperations, the first officer accidently activates the go around lever without realizing it. The pilots struggle to push the nose down but the plane ends up...
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Pilots Struggle as Airplane Nosedives / Alaska Airlines Flight 261 Crashes off California Coast
A McDonnell Douglas MD-83 crashes into the Pacific Ocean. Alaska Airlines Flight 261 is cruising when the crew begin to notice a problem with the horizontal stabilizer. While the pilots are troubleshooting, the plane begins to suddenly nosedive. The pilots are able to recover, but the plane…
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Was This Crash an Assassination? / Polish Air Force Flight 101 Crashes with President on Board
A Tupolev 154M carrying the President of Poland crashes while trying to land. Polish Air Force Flight 101 is carrying many high ranking Polish officials to Russia to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Katyn Massacre. The weather conditions make landing nearly impossible, but the pilots…
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Leaving Luggage in an Airport feat. Geoff Ramsey / Chris Left His Pants on a Plane
Hear more stories caused by airline travel. Gustavo and Chris are joined by Geoff Ramsey to share more stories from traveling on airplanes. https://linktr.ee/BlackBoxDownPod Go to blackboxdownpod.com to support us directly Black Box Down Crash Simulator:...
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All About Airspaces / The Places You Can't Fly In
Go to flight school this week and learn all about Airspaces. Gustavo sits down with Chris to teach him all about the different airspaces in the United States. Find out how many there are in this episode of Black Box Down. https://linktr.ee/BlackBoxDownPod Go to blackboxdownpod.com to support us...
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A true crime podcast in the air. Lifelong aviation enthusiast Gustavo Sorola and his co-host Chris Demarais break down the major accidents in aviation and the steps taken to prevent future disasters. If you like true-crime podcasts but want something fresh and unique, you’ll love Black Box Down. Subscribe now and fasten your seat belt.
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