As the sunset on 25 May, 2003, a Boeing 727 airliner was stolen from an airport in Angola.
The pilot, Ben Padilla, was an American flight engineer sent to Africa by his company to retrieve the plane and prepare it to make the long flight back to the U.S.
20 years later, the plane and its pilot are still missing, despite a worldwide search by the FBI and ... Show More
Oct 2024
Tim Ballard: Unmasking a Hero
Listen to the new season of Opportunist, out now wherever you listen to podcasts. In the 10th season of "The Opportunist: Tim Ballard," Podcast One will explore controversy surrounding Tim Ballard, the celebrated founder of Operation Underground Railroad, an organization known fo ... Show More
17m 54s
Jul 2020
Ep. 14 - The Disappearance of D.B. Cooper
In 1971, a man boarded flight 305 above the Pacific Northwest, carrying what looked like a bomb. He took full control of the flight, demanding $200,000 in cash and a parachute. Before authorities could diffuse the situation, the mysterious hijacker jumps from the plane into the n ... Show More
55m 28s
Jul 2024
[BONUS] - Lindbergh, le premier vol New York/Paris - Episode 1
En 1926, le pilote américain Charles Lindbergh décide de voler, sans escale, de New York à Paris avec son avion baptisé Spirit of St Louis.
28m 23s
Jun 17
True Spies Debriefs: Stephen Davis on Flight 149
Journalist Stephen Davis has spent 30 years working to uncover the truth behind one of the most secretive chapters of the Gulf War. When British Airways Flight 149 landed in Kuwait on the 2nd of August, 1990, Saddam Hussein's invading army took the passengers hostage. Today, some ... Show More
46m 45s
Oct 2022
Disappeared Flight Found Crashed Into the Side of a Mountain
While on a visual approach, Trigana Air Flight 267, an ATR 42 turboprop with 54 people on board, contacts air traffic control and disappears into a cloud. Repeated calls to the aircraft go unanswered. A pilot departing Oksibil reports seeing smoke on a nearby mountainside. The pl ... Show More
45m 33s
Jan 2025
Episode 638: The Crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571
On October 13, 1972, a chartered aircraft carrying forty-five passengers, including 19 members of the Old Christians’ Club rugby team, departed from Montevideo, Uruguay bound for Santiago, Chile. About an hour into the flight, the copilot incorrectly believed the plane had gotten ... Show More
1h 17m