• Home
  • About
  • Hard Landings Blog
    • Patreon Info
    • Mirandasodes
    • Mini Episodes
    • Listener Submission Form
    • Aviation Stories of the Month: Episodes and Themes
  • Listener Questions
  • Episode Recommendations
  • Newsletters
  • Merch
  • Contact
Menu

Hard Landings Podcast

Planely Intriguing!
  • Home
  • About
  • Hard Landings Blog
  • Patreon
    • Patreon Info
    • Mirandasodes
    • Mini Episodes
  • Listener Story Submission
    • Listener Submission Form
    • Aviation Stories of the Month: Episodes and Themes
  • Listener Questions
  • Episode Recommendations
  • Newsletters
  • Merch
  • Contact

EA663

July 30, 2024

On February 8, 1965, an Eastern Airlines DC-7 is going toward cruise flight after taking off out of JFK, but they end up crashing. What caused this flight to head straight into the ground?

Read More
In Pilot Failures, ATC Failures Tags Eastern Airlines, flight 663, CFIT, Water disasters, Pilot Error, Near Miss
1 Comment
PA7.jpg
PA7 Map.png
PA7 Window.jpg
PA7 News.jpg
PA7 Pa6.jpg
PA7.jpg PA7 Map.png PA7 Window.jpg PA7 News.jpg PA7 Pa6.jpg

PA7

July 19, 2022

On November 8, 1957 a Pan Am Stratocruiser is starting an around-the-world journey, but they do not get very far. What caused this flight to disappear from radar?

Read More
In Unknown Tags Pan Am, Flight 7, Water disasters, Ditch, Unknown cause
Comment
SR111.jpg
SR111 report a.PNG
SR111 report b.PNG
SR111 report c.PNG
SR111 report d.PNG
SR111 failure.jpg
Swissair 111 put together.jpg
SR111.jpg SR111 report a.PNG SR111 report b.PNG SR111 report c.PNG SR111 report d.PNG SR111 failure.jpg Swissair 111 put together.jpg

SR111

December 17, 2019

An MD-11 crashes into the ocean near the Canadian shore. Find out how some wiring and unfortunate procedures caused an in flight fire that incapacitated the plane while trying to perform an emergency landing in Canada.

Read More
In Mechanical Failures Tags SR111, Swissair, DC-8, Canada, Water disasters, In-flight fire
Comment

Latest Posts

Featured
TWA514
Jun 10, 2025
TWA514
Jun 10, 2025
Jun 10, 2025
FAB6560
Jun 3, 2025
FAB6560
Jun 3, 2025
Jun 3, 2025
AAR991
May 27, 2025
AAR991
May 27, 2025
May 27, 2025
N6658R/N23SC
May 20, 2025
N6658R/N23SC
May 20, 2025
May 20, 2025