{"id":322626,"date":"2025-11-28T03:33:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T03:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/airline\/avtalk-episode-347-fatigue-cracks-thrust-levers-and-sand-ballast\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T03:33:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T03:33:26","slug":"avtalk-episode-347-fatigue-cracks-thrust-levers-and-sand-ballast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=322626","title":{"rendered":"AvTalk Episode 347: Fatigue cracks, thrust levers, and sand ballast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"AvTalk Episode 347: Fatigue cracks, thrust levers, and sand ballast\"\/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-11-27T21:45:48+00:00\"\/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT52M22S\"\/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"On this week\u2019s episode of AvTalk, Ian is joined by aviation journalist Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren to discuss a trio of recently released preliminary accident reports.&#10;&#10; &#9;UPS flight 2976 \u2014 MD-11F crash on take off in Louisville&#10;&#10; &#9;Emergency Airworthine...\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/avtalk\/media.blubrry.com\/avtalk\/content.blubrry.com\/avtalk\/AvTalk_347.mp3\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"72.0\"\/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Favtalk%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Favtalk%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Favtalk%2FAvTalk_347.mp3&amp;modern=1&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flightradar24.com%2Fblog%2Favtalk-podcast%2Favtalk-347%2F#mode-Light&amp;border-000000&amp;progress-000000\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-1\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/avtalk\/media.blubrry.com\/avtalk\/content.blubrry.com\/avtalk\/AvTalk_347.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.flightradar24.com\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=60333-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/avtalk\/media.blubrry.com\/avtalk\/content.blubrry.com\/avtalk\/AvTalk_347.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"AvTalk_347.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 52:22 \u2014 72.0MB)<\/p>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/avtalk-aviation-podcast\/id1215571407?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/2RaL0rsFSycyE3TK3dIUcb\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flightradar24.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On this week\u2019s episode of AvTalk, Ian is joined by aviation journalist Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren to discuss a trio of recently released preliminary accident reports.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, Jason reports in from Seoul, South Korea where he\u2019s joined by Seth Miller. 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