On this week’s episode of AvTalk, Ian is joined by aviation journalist Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren to discuss a trio of recently released preliminary accident reports.

• UPS flight 2976 — MD-11F crash on take off in Louisville
  • Emergency Airworthiness Directive regarding MD-11s
  • Emergency Airworthiness Directive regarding DC-10s
• United Airlines flight 1093 — impact with object at 36,000 feet
• airACT 747-400F runway excursion in Hong Kong

Plus, Jason reports in from Seoul, South Korea where he’s joined by Seth Miller. They chat about their very different methods of getting from the US to Seoul this week and Seth’s quest to achieve the JetBlue 25for25 prize.

Wishing all our listeners in the US a very happy Thanksgiving!

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