Black Box Down

Smoke starts filling the airplane cabin but no one can see the flames. Air Canada Flight 797 is cruising at 33,000 feet when smoke is found in the rear lavitory. No one can see the...

A Boeing 737 has its front cabin ripped open exposing passengers to the open sky. Aloha Airlines Flight 243 is cruising at 24,000 feet when the ceiling bursts open. With the airpl...

An Airbus A380 full of passengers loses an engine after takeoff. Qantas Flight 32 is an Airbus A380 full of passengers and loses an engine shortly after takeoff and more problems b...

A business jet and a commercial airliner clip wings at 37,000 feet. Gol Transportes Aereos Flight 1907 is carrying passengers over Brazil when they suddenly collide, almost head on...

True Crime Panel from RTX 2020. Join Gustavo and Chris as they talk about their experiences making a true crime style podcast with the hosts from Red Web and Cult Podcast. Follow u...

Join Gus Sorola, Chris Demarais, and their producer Dennis Fant as they record a new episode of the hit true-crime podcast about air disasters, Black Box Down. Learn more about you...

Two Boeing 747s collide causing the deadliest accident in aviation history. KLM Flight 4805 and Pan Am Flight 1736 prepare for takeoff at Los Rodeos Airport on Tenerife. One plane ...

Two separate flights involved two people being sucked out of an airplane. National Airlines 27 and British Airways 5390 both suffer a rapid decompression leading to an occupant bei...

Three hijackers take over a Boeing 767 and try to fly to Australia. Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is taken over by hijackers claiming to have a bomb. They force the captain to fly ...

A Boeing 727 approaches the speed of sound as it climbs to cruising altitude. Northwest Airlines Flight 6231 is on its way to pick up the Baltimore Colts. The indicated airspeed co...

Chris tells Gustavo about the bizarre hijacking of Eastern Airlines Flight 7, and gives him insight on what hijackings were like in the mid-20th century for the United States in th...

A four month old Boeing 707 crashes into a mountain in Guadaloupe. Air France Flight 117 setting up to land in Guadaloupe when the plane flies past the airport and crashes into a m...