Helicopter Down Inside Hawaiian Volcano

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

Society & Culture, Documentary, Sports, Wilderness, History

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Chris Duddy is a young camera assistant shooting on location in Hawaii for a Hollywood film. But he’s cast in his very own disaster story when his helicopter crashes inside an active volcano. With toxic gases swirling around and the lava lake bubbling below, the sheer crater wall offers the only route out… A Noiser production, written by Sarah Ward. For ad-free listening, exclusive content and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Click the Noiser+ banner to get started with a 7-day free trial. Or, if you’re on Spotify or Android, go to noiser.com/subscriptions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:22.0	It's November the 21st, 1992. Saturday evening in Hawaii. On the southeastern
0:29.8	shore of Big Island looms the smoking Puwoa vent of Mount Kilauea, one of the world's most active
0:36.8	volcanoes. The cone rises 800 feet into the dim autumnal sky. Today it is cloaked in a blanket of
0:45.1	mist and rain. A soft pink glow silhouettes the jagged rim, providing only a vague suggestion of the violent natural processes going on deep within.
0:57.0	But inside the vent, it's another story altogether.
1:02.0	Visibility is near zero.
1:05.0	Noxious gases surge up from the crater floor,
1:08.0	unleashed by the churning, bubbling reservoir of lava.
1:11.0	The pelting rain is only making things worse. A 31-year-old
1:17.3	American Chris Duddy is like being in the depths of hell. Purched precariously on a small rocky ledge, Chris struggles to catch his breath.
1:28.0	His nostrils and throat are burning, ravaged by the acrid fumes.
1:33.0	Every so often the volcano issues a guttural, rumbling growl.
1:38.0	Tremus ripple up through the rock, causing Chris's fragile shelf to shake.
1:45.0	Occasionally a spear of magma plumes into the sky,
1:51.0	fiery missiles crash into the cliff face beside him.
1:56.0	Chris pulls his thin sweater tighter around himself,
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