Catastrophic Calamities
Catastrophic Calamities
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Tragedy in Kenner—The Crash of Pan Am Flight 759
58 minutes Posted Oct 9, 2019 at 12:00 am.
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Tragedy in Kenner: The Crash of Pan Am Flight 759  On the afternoon of July 9th, 1982, Pam Am Flight 759 suddenly fell from the sky into a residential subdivision in Kenner, LA, killing all 145 people on board and eight people on the ground. Special guest New Orleans historian and documentary filmmaker Royd Anderson, writer and producer of the documentary, Pan Am Flight 759 helps me tell the story of that tragic day, the people affected—and one tiny miracle.
Additional links:
Interesting article on the history and science of windshear, Capitol Weather Gang, Washinton Post
AROUND THE NATION; Pan Am and U.S. Accept Responsibility for Crash
The suspicion that wind shear contributed  
This episode is dedicated to Dr. Robert Barsley, who sadly passed away on September 28th, 2019 while this episode was in preproduction.