A fatigue fracture in the upper lock link caused a Delta 717's nose gear to fail, forcing an emergency landing.
As heard by us
A cockpit-level discussion of smoke, radios, and the small mistakes that can become big ones.
Airline Pilot Guy 665 follows two aviation stories: the blinding smoke that forced a Delta evacuation in February, and the Army communications glitch that sent two flights off course near Reagan National. Its strength is the steady attention to cockpit-level detail.
Why you'd press play
You want cockpit-side commentary on a Delta smoke evacuation and a radio-loss screwup.
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