by Bob | Oct 28, 2020 | Hidden History
In 1929, the 29th of October is the day the Great Depression officially began. The stock market had been going down, but this was the day of the crash that didn’t rebound. The bubble burst and it would take over a decade for the world’s economy to recover...
by Bob | Oct 25, 2020 | Survival
Kegworth Crash Yes, it happened. Think about it. Pilots can’t behind the cockpit. Here is the slideshow detailing the six Cascade events that led to the final disaster. An interesting sidenote is that because so many lived through this, investigators were able...
by Bob | Jul 29, 2020 | 2020 Pandemic
Yes, that’s a plane that crashed just short of the runway. Why? Because the pilots shut down the wrong engine. And people in the rear of the plane knew it, but didn’t say anything. Years ago, m wife (who is terrified of flying) and I became very interested...
by Bob | Jan 8, 2020 | Survival
Passenger on British Midland Flight 92 reflecting on hearing the pilot announce he was shutting down the right engine: “We were thinking: ‘Why is he doing that?’ because we saw flame coming out of the left engine. But I was only a bread man. What did I know?” We put...
by Bob | Sep 23, 2019 | Survival
My wife and I were watching Seconds From Disaster, a TV series that focuses mainly on plane crashes and we noticed a pattern. It was always several things that caused the plane to crash, not just one. Actually, always at least seven, what I have termed, Cascade...
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