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Episode 122: United Airlines Flight 232

Well There‘s Your Problem

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Air Travel Is Safer Than Ever Been

The titanium that you build this stuff out of is safer than it's ever been. And they changed how they forged titanium to reduce the chance of cracks. They use something I want to say called the triple vacuum system now, which I don't know what it is. There's a whole extra vacuum. Although I think there's also like a like a hold half thing or whatever that is. As he said, there's a lot of interesting weird metallurgy going into this. But if it's safe, then why does the room that I'm in go fast and then tilt upwards? It's not, it's not, that's not normal. That's unpleasant.

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