In 1983, a plane takes off from Ottawa with less than half the required fuel on board. As the engines cut out one by one, the pilot is left with a ticking clock and an impossible task. But what does a tale of an unusual plane crash have in common with one about a disappearing canal?
For this special episode, Tim is joined by colleagues from across Pushkin’s podcast network. Heavyweight’s Jonathan Goldstein stops by to muse on the cost of mistakes and whether we’re really in control of how many we make. Plus, Nate Silver and Maria Konnikova from the podcast Risky Business have a gambler’s take on the strange science of regret.
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Further Reading
On the Chesterfield Canal
The Day they pulled the Plug, Nigel Blundell The World’s Greatest Mistakes and Stephen Pile The Book of Heroic Failures.
On the Gimli Glider
Humble Pi by Matt Parker. Freefall by William and Marilyn Hoffer, the official investigation report and reporting in Flight Safety Australia, Soaring Magazine and The Ottowa Citizen.
