The Disappearance of Flight 19
What swallowed Flight 19 whole?
4.1 (16)
49 mins
Explore the mysterious disappearance of Flight 19, a group of five U.S. Navy Avenger bombers that vanished over the Atlantic during a routine training mission in December 1945. Discover the strange radio transmissions, worsening weather, navigational confusion, and desperate search efforts that followed as rescuers tried to locate the missing crews.
Ep 1:
Five Planes Vanish Without a Trace
Fourteen airmen lift off on a routine training run, but a strange radio call soon reveals something is terribly wrong high above the Atlantic.
Ep 2:
Lost Over the Atlantic: The Wrong Turn
Trapped inside one fatal misconception, Lieutenant Taylor leads his men further from safety while his crew's pleas to turn west go unheeded.
Ep 3:
A Rescue Plane Swallowed by the Sea
As fuel runs out and darkness falls, a desperate rescue mission joins the missing men in vanishing, triggering history's largest ocean search.
Ep 4:
The Triangle's Secrets and Flight 19's Legacy
Decades of failed searches meet science and psychology, revealing what compasses, magnetite, and human authority bias may truly explain about Flight 19.
Discussions (5)
Donald
Level 4 · 1 mo agothe part about the student pilots KNOWING they needed to fly west but deferring anyway genuinely made me sick to my stomach
Paisley
Level 7 · 1 mo agoOk so Taylor KNEW the rule was fly 270 degrees if lost and just... didn't do it 👀 and the student pilots literally knew he was wrong and said nothing. The whole thing is sending me
Dudley
Level 5 · 1 mo agoBoth compasses out on 5 planes.
