Connecting Planes in Trouble with Ships at Sea
AIN's Tales from the Flight Deck
English - April 17, 2019 20:36 - 24 minutes - 22.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 63 ratingsAviation Leisure aviationsafety aviation Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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A World War II era bomber pressed into transoceanic service as a freighter is lost. It’s night. The water below is frigid. Whether the crew survives depends on how close to a ship they can ditch their aircraft. Now, a new initiative would put ships and planes together, greatly reducing the time in water for aircraft crewmembers.
Participants:
Dr. Phillip Zeeck, former B-26 freighter first officer Jim Stabile, CEO, ADS Christine Negroni, aviation writer, author of The Crash Detectives