The Most Deadly Midair Collision of All Time

Black Box Down

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, Aviation, Leisure

4.9 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Chris Demarais and Gustavo Sorola get to the cause of how Saudia Flight 763 and Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907 collided to become the most deadly midair collision of all time. Find out what happened on this episode of Black Box Down. Find us on social media and buy our merch here! https://linktr.ee/BlackBoxDownPod Go to blackboxdownpod.com to support us directly! This episode is brought to you by Masterclass, go to http://masterclass.com/blackboxdown to give an annual membership and get one free, Solo Stove, go to http://solostove.com and use promo code BLACKBOXDOWN to get $10, and Uncommon Goods, go to http://uncommongoods.com/blackboxdown to get 15% off your order! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a Risturziz production.
0:07.0	November 12, 1996.
0:10.0	Saudi of flight 763, a Boeing 747 with 312 people on board, has just taken off from Indira
0:16.5	Gandhi Airport in Delhi, India, bound for Doran Saudi Arabia.
0:20.5	While climbing out through 14,000 feet, the crew requests to continue their climb, but
0:24.3	are instructed to wait at 14,000 feet.
0:26.9	The reason for the delay is that Kazakhstan Airlines 1907, an illusion, IL-76 with 37 people
0:32.8	on board, is an approach about to land at Delhi after a flight from Shimkent Kazakhstan.
0:38.5	The Kazakhstan Airlines flight is instructed to descend to 15,000 feet so the two planes
0:42.8	will pass each other safely with 1,000 feet between them.
0:45.8	Despite the safety precautions, the two planes collide, creating a huge, ball of fire and
0:50.0	plummet to the ground, killing all on board.
0:52.2	What could have caused the two aircraft to veer directly into each other?
0:55.0	Did the pilot use proper measurements or communications with air traffic control opening
0:58.7	clear?
0:59.7	Find out what led to this fatal encounter in the sky on this episode of Black Box Down.
1:07.2	Hello everyone, welcome to Black Box Down.
1:08.7	It's Gus and Chris.
1:09.7	Hello, Chris.
1:10.7	Hello, Gus.
1:11.7	I sound maybe a little haggard, but that's just because I'm getting over a cold, but I feel
1:15.2	great.
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