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The Wing That Stood Upright: Nine Minutes Before Silence
The Wing That Stood Upright: Nine Minutes Before Silence
A right wing stood upright in the shallows of Botany Bay, its registration letters still legible three miles from Sydney Airport - nine minutes after takeoff and after fifteen people had died; how could a clean, upright wing survive a crash that pulverised the rest of the aircraft without anyone on shore seeing or hearing anything? This episode focuses on that single baffling physical clue and asks what the difference between the wing and the rest of the wreckage could mean.
In this episode, we tell the story of Ansett-ANA Flight 325…
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