Halloween Mayday, Pan-Pan & the Haunting of Flight 401 | Ghosts in the Cockpit & TSA Confessions
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This week on the Black Box Aviation Podcast, Tom & Mike dive deep into aviation emergencies, strange skies, and one of the eeriest stories in airline history — the haunting of Eastern Air Lines Flight 401.
We start off with a quick recap of last week’s interview with Nate Ehlers, founder of TheBackseatPilot.com. Don’t forget — you can still grab 15% off your order with code BLACKBOX at checkout!
Then, it’s time for:
✈️ Shoutouts from listeners — including Will’s question about the origins of “Mayday” and “Pan-Pan” distress calls, and Alex’s TSA line guilt confession.
🧳 New Segment: Things Left at TSA — from brass knuckles to bizarre confiscations, the guys talk about what really gets flagged at the checkpoint.
🛫 The Haunting of Flight 401 — a chilling look back at the 1972 Eastern Air Lines crash in the Florida Everglades, the tragic chain of cockpit distractions that caused it, and the ghost stories that followed. Did the spirits of Captain Loft and Engineer Repo really return to keep future flights safe?
🧠 CRM Lessons — how this crash reshaped Crew Resource Management and changed cockpit communication forever.
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