Episode 179: Japan Airlines Flight 123 Tragedy

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True Crime, Society & Culture, Comedy

4.4 • 933 Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Japan AirLines Flight 123 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Tokyo to Osaka, Japan. On August 12, 1985, the Boeing 747 suffered a severe structural failure and decompression 12 minutes into the flight causing the pilots to lose all control. The crash of Flight 123 is the deadliest single-aircraft accident in aviation history.

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Steph. I'm Alex. And we're live.
0:13.0	Hello.
0:15.0	And we're live.
0:20.0	Hello. How are you?
0:22.0	I'm great. How are you? I'm great.
0:23.0	How are you?
0:23.7	I am also great, but thinking about what it would be like
0:28.1	to own a private jet.
0:29.5	Well, probably terrifying.
0:32.0	Terrifying. A little bit. I just, whenever I think about private jets, I just think about like every time a person has said those
0:38.3	tiny planes are the most dangerous and like private jets are just really dangerous to fly.
0:42.8	Yes, but they're fun.
0:45.0	And I don't have to go through TSA.
0:46.6	Right, it would be cool to like sit in a private jet
0:49.7	and like drink a glass of champagne.
0:51.2	I will give you that.
0:52.3	Yeah, and then also not have to have your seatbelt on. Yeah, that's true.
0:56.0	But what about turbulence in a private jet? I feel like you'd hit a lot of turbulence and then you're not going to be in your little seat belt and then what?
1:02.6	You're just gonna bounce around like a little ping pong ball?
1:05.1	Yes.
1:05.8	But for fun?
1:06.9	Yeah, but for fun.
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