Today we’re taking a steep-dive into the world’s deadliest air disaster. We’ll look at what happened, who was affected, the causes, the things we’ve learned from it, and how a stream of events, not one single action, can eventually lead to disaster. We’ll examine the environment, the airlines themselves, what happened in the cockpit and who were the crews involved. We’ll look at Air Traffic Control and ask the all important question, “who was to blame?”

We'll take a look at the events of that fateful day, as well as our usual features as Andi brings us the latest Tech News and Kris brings us more tales from the strange goings-on from the worlds of conspiracy, mystery and Cold War with Grainger Things.

This fortnight we are recommending:

Kris:

• The Crash (Netflix, 2026).
• Signs of Murder: A small town in Scotland, a miscarriage of justice and the search for the truth
• Stanley 40oz Water bottle with Straw

Andi:

• In the Eye of the Storm: Chasers - Discovery UK
• Blue Moon Safari - Air. Remix album by Vegyn, heard a track on You Friends & Neighbors (Apple TV)
• The Boroughs - Netflix

Links to things we discussed:

• Tenerife Air Disaster WIKI
• Air Crash Investigation: Tenerife Air Disaster (Season 16, Episode 03, 2018). YouTube (4k, 60fps.).
• Episode IMDB
• Gimli Glider - Wikipedia
• The Electric Ferrari Luce Is Finally Here | WIRED

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