The Feather Lady
Episode #206
2023-02-03 05:00:40
On October 4, 1960, Eastern Airlines Flight 375 took off from Boston’s Logan airport, and then, two minutes later, it crashed. 62 people died. Investigators couldn’t figure out what had happened, and they decided to ask a scientist working at the Smithsonian for help. Roxie Laybourne’s investigation helped launch a whole new field of science that changed aviation and forensics.
Special thanks to the Smithsonian Institution Archives, for letting us share audio of Roxie Laybourne.