Propeller Detaches and Cuts Open Belly of Passenger Plane

Gustavo Sorola and Chris Demarais get to the bottom of what happened when a propeller detached from a Lockheed L-188C and cut open the belly of the fuselage forcing Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8 crew to take drastic measures to attempt to land the aircraft with no controls. Find out what happened on this episode of Black Box Down. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp — go to to get 10% off your first month, and Hello Fresh — go to and use code blackboxdown50 for 50% off, plus your first box ships free! Find us on social media and buy our merch here! Go to blackboxdownpod.com to support us directly! Download the public audio version Already a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This episode is 38:50 long.

This episode was published on Apr 20, 2023.

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