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Sep 2022
51m 6s

9: Richard Russell - The Q400 Disaster

Justin Drown
About this episode
In the United States, over 900,000 people work in the aviation industry, so that’s a considerable amount of people in whom we place a great amount of trust to help keep us safe in the air. What you’ll hear about today baffled and disturbed both the public and the loved ones of the person concerned in equal measure.

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