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SNAFU with Ed Helms

Air Transat Flight 236: The Azores Glider That Ran Dry (with Adam Scott)

SNAFU with Ed Helms

iHeartPodcasts

Comedy, History

4.61.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2026

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Adam Scott is fearless. Ed and Adam explore a high-flying SNAFU that showcased just how valiant pilots must be when the engines run dry...literally. This is the tale of the Azores Glider, a complimentary mid-flight snack of FEAR at 30,000 feet.

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0:00.0

So vibrations from the engine power caused an immense amount of chafing to occur.

0:07.5

I know what that's like.

0:09.2

Let me tell you.

0:09.8

Oh, man.

0:10.6

Yeah, you hit middle age that chafing just goes through the roof.

0:15.0

Eventually, this created a three-inch crack.

0:19.1

I know you know what that's like.

0:37.6

Oh, 100%. The three-inch crack, you don't have to tell me. You have a three inch crack? I do. I've always had a three inch crack. Very cute, tiny little butt with a three inch crack. I love to use three inches. That's all you need. It's all you need. It's all you need. It's all three inches. I'm going to cut all this. It's all you need.

0:38.7

It's all you need. It's all you need.

0:38.7

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:49.5

Guaranteed human.

0:52.0

Hey, I'm Ed Helms, and this is Snafu, a show about history's greatest screw-ups, or

0:57.3

rather a show in which I journey with my wonderful guests through a distinct tale of human

1:03.4

hubris and or buffoonery from the past, examining what these stories say about us as human

1:09.8

beings.

1:10.3

Today, we'll be flying high above the Atlantic Ocean with the harrowing tale of Air Transat

1:16.6

Flight 236, and will be joined by an award-winning actor.

1:20.9

You know him as the lovable protagonist of such hit shows as Parks and Recreation,

1:25.8

party down, and, of course, severance.

1:29.2

And the not quite so lovable antagonist, though insanely hilarious antagonist of

1:35.1

Stepbrothers.

1:36.1

He was recently announced as one of Times 100 most influential people of 2025, and he may

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