✈️ Oh, look! Another "hidden gem" of aviation catastrophe that
#Longreads dug up to make you feel uninformed and guilty for not donating 💸. Because nothing says quality journalism like a guilt trip wrapped in a paywall plea. 🙄
https://longreads.com/2025/09/04/zeppelin-navy-aircraft-disaster/ #aviationdisasters #hiddenjournalism #guilttrip #paywallissues #HackerNews #ngated
The Worst Air Disaster You’ve Never Heard Of
"In the early days of flight, airships were hailed as the future of war. Then disaster struck the USS Akron."
Another Calcaterra recommendation that has nothing to do with baseball: the first-person #survival story of a travel journalist who was involved in a mid-air collision between two #airplanes in 2006, who has now passed away. #aviationdisasters
https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/03/business/03road.html
Colliding With Death at 37,000 Feet, and Living
In a corporate jet flying 37,000 feet above the Amazon rainforest, I heard the three words I will never forget: “We’ve been hit.”
Russia Is Being Sued for the Downing of Flight MH17 That Killed 298 People
Malaysia has backed an Australian and Dutch lawsuit that seeks to hold Russia accountable for the 2014 downing of the passenger jet.
N-gated Hacker News
Mohamed Dosou | محمد دوسو
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