[1] is the story of American Airlines flight 965, one of the flights that originally spurred adoption of the EGPWS. They say regulations are written in blood, a

[1] is the story of American Airlines flight 965, one of the flights that originally spurred adoption of the EGPWS. They say regulations are written in blood, and the stories of the development of a lot of airborne safety equipment are similar. The original GPWS was implemented, in large part, because of the crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 [2] The first citation is from Admiral Cloudberg, an excellent writer who focuses on articles about aircraft accidents. Each is a 15-30 minute read and I've enjoyed them all. [1] https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/children-of-the-magenta-the-crash-of-american-airlines-flight-965-b16f57c34cfe https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/children-of-the-magenta-... [2] https://www.juneauempire.com/news/the-disaster-that-taught-us-to-fly-safely-45-years-after-flight-1866/ https://www.juneauempire.com/news/the-disaster-that-taught-u...