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Podcast #38 - Suicide by Airplane

In this month's podcast we look at five different incidents that, together, can be known as "Suicide by Airplane". We look at LAM Mozambique Flight 470, Germanwings Flight 9525, PSA Flight 1771, FedEx Flight 705, and The Theft of Horizon Air plane N499QX.

Podcast #38 - The Downing of the I35West Bridge in Minneapolis in 2007

In the 38th podcast from CatastropheCast.com, we discuss the downing of the I35West bridge in Minneapolis in August 2007. The collapse of the I35W bridge took out one of the most popular bridges in Minnesota, and brought nationwide attention to the poor state of our bridges and roads in the United States.

Podcast #37, The Crashes of the de Havilland Comets in the 1950s

In the 37th podcast from CatastropheCast.com, we delve into the troubled history of the de Havilland Comet, and how the lessons learned from those crashes led to safer airplanes today, led to a better understanding of metal fatigue, and unwittingly gave rise to de Havilland's competitor, Boeing, taking the lead in jet airliners.

Podcast #36, The Spanish Flu of 1918

In the 36th podcast from CatastropheCast.com, we delve into the last time the world was under the grips of a disease on a massive scale - the Spanish Flu of 1918. In this podcast, we talk about the potential origins, why it's called The Spanish Flu when there was no origin of the virus in Spain, and how one city avoided the second wave of the flu, only to be taken down the the third wave.

Podcast #35, The 3/11 Earthquake, Tsunami, and Nuclear Catastrophes of Tohoku, Japan

In the 35th podcast from CatastropheCast.com, we delve into the most powerful earthquake to rock Japan that has ever been recorded, and the ensuing tsunami and nuclear disaster. Also, I interview Professor Daniel Aldrich who has written a book about survival when it comes to Japan's 3/11 Catastrophes, and the surprising (to me, at least) rates of survival and how people who were more socially connected were better prepared for not just the event, but for survival afterward.