{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6b2fc9ba-b9b7-4b7a-b980-e0024facd926/69492d6b9ff9a18986c6f77b?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The greatest aviation disaster that didn't happen","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9f75c1a8cbe0c083cee79/1766403154019-eaf0c7d8-efb4-4bfe-a913-65c4169089c5.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Months before 9/11, a passenger seized control of a Boeing 747 and nearly crashed it into the Sahara.</p><p><br></p><p>Everyone survived - including a curious ensemble of famous passengers - but no one quite recovered.</p><p><br></p><p>Kate Mossman tells the story of Flight 2069 to Oli Dugmore.</p><p><br></p><p>READ: <a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/long-reads/2025/12/the-strange-fate-of-flight-2069 \" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The strange fate of Flight 2069</a></p>","author_name":"The New Statesman"}