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Radar Contact Lost: The Podcast

"Radar Contact Lost: The Podcast" will discuss the tragic circumstances involved with some of the worst airplane crashes. When weather conditions are at fault or are a contributing factor to the accident (as is so often the case), the meteorology will be examined and explained. Hosted by a meteorologist with 40 years of professional experience including U.S. Air Force, broadcast and commercial meteorology. The Radar Contact Lost team includes experts from the fields of commercial meteorology,

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62:29

When TWA Flight 6963 Crashed While Trying to Find a...

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2025/09/24

Send us a text On Saturday, December 28, 1946, a Lockheed Constellation airliner, known as the Cairo Skychief, was beginning the landing sequence at Shannon Airport on the western coast of Ireland. It was 2 o’clock in the morning so, naturally, it was dark. But it was also quite cloudy with low ceilings, fog and light rain – the visibility of the crew was restricted quite a bit. But this crew was experienced and the airport, despite being relatively new, was well known amongst international a...

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63:48

When UPS Flight 1354 Crashed into the Ground More...

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2025/08/07

Send us a text It was the early morning hours of Wednesday, August 14, 2013, when a United Parcel Service cargo jet slammed into the ground about one mile short of the runway at the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport, in Birmingham, Alabama, located in the southeastern United States. Even though the plane was more than a mile from the airport, the crash occurred on undeveloped airport property – the plane did not crash into a neighborhood or a business district, or land on a highw...

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71:59

When Trans Canada Flight 810-9 Was on Fire, Losing...

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2025/06/07

Send us a text The plane at the center of this episode of Radar Contact Lost was in a bad way: One engine was on fire – there were three others, but the plane was struggling to maintain altitude. In addition to the engine fire, it was experiencing turbulence and severe icing, it was crossing the mountains at night, and in the middle of winter storm. As if that wasn’t enough, the plane was also lost. It appears the crew didn’t realize they were lost, but they were well off-course, just the sam...

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73:54

When a Quiet Neighborhood Next to an Airport Became a...

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2025/04/08

Send us a text It was a little after 4 o’clock in the afternoon, on Friday, July 2nd, 1982, when Pan Am Flight 759, a B-727 carrying 138 passengers and 7 crew members, began to climb from the runway at New Orleans International Airport. In only a moment’s time, the narrow-body airliner slammed back down to the ground, after just barely becoming airborne. It was stormy around the airport, but there were no advisories, watches, warnings or aviation warnings in effect. It was noted by the plane'...

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73:45

When Confusion, Complacency and Bad Decisions Took 28...

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2025/02/20

Send us a text The first significant snowfall of the season had just begun in central Colorado. At Denver's Stapleton International Airport, Continental Flight 1713 began to accelerate down the runway for takeoff. Within a moment of lifting off the ground, the DC-9 slammed back down onto the runway, rolled over and skidded on its roof. The left wing tore away completely, then the skin of the fuselage ripped away, exposing the passengers to the frigid air, the snow and the horrifying sight of ...

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65:45

When Weather Wasn’t Even Mentioned in the NTSB...

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2024/12/31

Send us a textThis episode is about the crash of a small, twin-engine plane: a Beechcraft Baron 58. This crash occurred on April 22, 2019 in the Texas Hill Country, about an hour northwest (by car) from San Antonio. The flight was a relatively short one, from the west side of Houston to the Texas Hill Country town of Kerrville. The focus of the NTSB investigation of the crash was that the plane ran out of fuel, and it did. But why did a seemingly simple item reach up to bite this pilot and ta...

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56:05

When Marine One Landed on a High School Football...

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2024/09/08

Send us a textIn what is a podcast series first - and likely last - for Radar Contact Lost, this episode does not tell the story of a tragic plane crash, but rather the intricate details of the landing of the Presidential Helicopter, Marine One, in dense fog. On this day, the fog was so dense, that the helicopter had to divert from its destination of the Presidential Retreat, Camp David, and instead land at a nearby high school football field. Our host describes the details of the landing wit...

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47:39

“When Typhoon Bess Took an Air Force Hurricane Hunter...

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2024/07/16

Send us a Text Message.On October 12th, 1974, an Air Force weather reconnaissance Hurricane Hunter aircraft crashed into the South China Sea while investigating Typhoon Bess, taking the lives of the six crew members onboard. No debris was ever found, no sign of the crew was ever discovered. The plane seemed to have been swallowed up by the tropical cyclone miles from nowhere. There were no emergency radio calls for help or that indicated any mechanical malfunction. There were no witnesses. To...

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63:30

When Winter Survival Skills and a Little Bit of Luck...

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2024/06/01

On Tuesday morning, December 5, 1978, 22 people were rescued off the side of a high Colorado mountain in the southern regions of the Rocky Mountains. They had survived the frigid night at an altitude above 10,000 feet (over 3,000 meters). This was in the midst of a snowstorm, with temperatures well below freezing and winds howling above 30 miles per hour (that’s nearly 50 kilometers per hour). There was only minimal shelter. Some reports estimated the snow to be 8 feet deep and wind chill tem...

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60:16

When A Snowy Crash Silenced the Voices of Early Rock...

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2024/02/03

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63:06

When Colgan Air Flight 3407 Fell Out of the Sky in...

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2024/01/14

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57:11

When a Russian Airliner Flew Into Cuban Power Lines

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2023/12/05

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61:14

When a Boeing 707 Broke Apart in Mid-air Near Mt. Fuji

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2023/10/17

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57:57

When a Volcano Silenced a Boeing 747 High Over the...

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2023/08/23

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34:58

When a Helicopter Crash Silenced ‘Number One' - The...

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2023/07/10

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42:43

When Eastern Airlines Flight 66 Crashed Moments from...

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2023/06/07

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34:26

When Eastern Airlines Flight 66 Crashed Moments from...

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2023/06/05

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32:38

When the B-52 Lost Its Tail and Crashed into Elephant...

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2023/05/01

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43:57

The First Tornado Forecast Emerges Amidst Aircraft...

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2023/04/08

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48:09

When Lightning Strikes

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2023/03/12

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