536 - FedEx Flight 705
Do Go On
Matt Stewart, Jess Perkins & Dave Warneke
4.9 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 28 January 2026
⏱️ 96 minutes
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Summary
On the 7th of April 1994, at just after 3pm, FedEx Flight 705 departed Memphis, Tennessee for a flight to San Jose, California. What followed was one of the most harrowing and heroic journeys of the 20th century.
CW: discussion of suicide + plane related turmoil + hammer-based violence
This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 10:05 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).
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REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:
https://tailstrike.com/database/7-april-1994-fedex-705/ Tailstrike.com
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| 0:17.0 | And also, I'm doing a new stand-up comedy show with friend of the show, Serenjo Imana, from the 7th to 19th of April at Cooper's Inn. |
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| 1:00.7 | Anyway, let's get on with the show. |
| 1:02.9 | Music Hello and welcome to another episode of Do Go On. |
| 1:21.3 | My name is Dev Warnikey and as always I'm here with Jess Perkins. |
| 1:24.5 | Hello. |
| 1:25.2 | And Matt Stewart. |
| 1:26.3 | Hello. |
| 1:45.7 | Hi, great to be here. So good to be here. In your ears. I'm talking to the listeners now, Dave. Obviously, I exist outside of your ears, but quite a lot closer to your ears than the listeners is, interestingly. Yeah. Hey, Jess, how good is it to be alive? Summer time, summer loving, having a great one. |
| 1:45.9 | Yep. |
| 1:46.8 | Yow. |
| 1:51.3 | New year, I'm thinking about a new catchphrase, yow. |
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