Aviation

PU 37: How Not to Report an Aviation Accident

China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 crashed into a hill near Wuzhou in 2022, killing 132 people. What do we know about this Boeing 737 crash and what…

May 24

46:02

PU 30: Aviation and the War in Iran

The war in Iran is having a tremendous impact on the aviation industry. An underreported detail is what happens when your flight deviates around the…

Apr 5

33:16

PU 13: The Cosmic Ray That Broke the A320

How a programming mistake in an avionics software update combined with a stray neutron from outer space to take down the best-selling passenger jet in…

Dec 7, 2025

34:39

PU 11: What Happened to UPS Flight 2976?

On 4 November, an MD-11 cargo plane operated by UPS crashed in Louisville, Kentucky, killing fourteen people. We know that the airplane lost its left…

Nov 23, 2025

35:00

PU 7: Von der Leyen's Paper Maps

The story of how European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's plane was allegedly attacked by GPS jamming is a particularly egregious example of…

Oct 26, 2025

42:48

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