Rogue Pilots Are a Growing Safety Threat. No One Knows How to Stop Them.

U.S. aviation officials and industry insiders have long whispered about a deadly problem with air travel: rogue pilots with severe mental health issues intentionally crashing planes (wsj.com/business/airlines/rogue-pilots-have-be…). WSJ’s Andrew Tangel (wsj.com/news/author/andrew-tangel?mod=WSJ_TJPOD)reports on why this issue is a struggle for the airline industry, why pilots are afraid to ask for help and how engineers are trying to solve the problem. Ryan Knutson (wsj.com/news/author/ryan-knutson?mod=WSJ_TJPOD) hosts.

Further Listening:

An Air Traffic Controller Speaks Out About Newark Airport (open.spotify.com/episode/3kdmNBm4tnGh4hyKigXKW…)

The Life and Death of a Boeing Whistleblower (open.spotify.com/episode/7Aw7M9ZvTWwbrcunVUNme…)

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