Air Disaster

Air Disaster
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 176
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ISBN-10 : IND:30000050326895
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Rating : 4/5 (95 Downloads)

Synopsis Air Disaster by : Macarthur Job

This in-depth book analyzes 18 individual air crashes and provides a detailed and descriptive text for each incident. Specially commissioned illustrations and artwork by noted Australian aviation artist, Matthew Tesch, fill this dynamic collection. Sftbd., 8 1/2x 11, 184 pgs., 140 bandw ill., 77 maps and diagrams.

The Flight 981 Disaster

The Flight 981 Disaster
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Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
Total Pages : 226
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ISBN-10 : 9781588346049
ISBN-13 : 1588346048
Rating : 4/5 (49 Downloads)

Synopsis The Flight 981 Disaster by : Samme Chittum

On June 12, 1972, a powerful explosion rocked American Airlines Flight 96 a mere five minutes after its takeoff from Detroit. The explosion ripped a gaping hole in the bottom of the aircraft and jammed the hydraulic controls. Miraculously, despite the damage and ensuing chaos, the pilots were able to land the plane safely. Less than two years later, on March 3, 1974, a sudden, forceful blowout tore through Turk Hava Yollari (THY) Flight 981 from Paris to London. THY Flight 981 was not as lucky as Flight 96; it crashed in a forest in France, and none of the 346 people onboard survived. What caused the mysterious explosions? How were they linked? Could they have been prevented? The Flight 981 Disaster addresses these questions and many more, offering a fascinating insiders' look at two dramatic aviation disasters.

Air Crash Investigations: Tenerife Airport Disaster, the World's Deadliest Plane Crash Ever

Air Crash Investigations: Tenerife Airport Disaster, the World's Deadliest Plane Crash Ever
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Publisher : Lulu.com
Total Pages : 198
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ISBN-10 : 9780557451791
ISBN-13 : 0557451795
Rating : 4/5 (91 Downloads)

Synopsis Air Crash Investigations: Tenerife Airport Disaster, the World's Deadliest Plane Crash Ever by : Allistair Fitzgerald

On Sunday, March 27, 1977 KLM Flight 4805 and PANAM Flight 1736 both approached Las Palmas Airport in the Canary Islands, when a terrorist's bomb exploded on the airport. Both flights were diverted to the neighboring island of Tenerife. After Las Palmas Airport reopened first KLM Flight 4805 was cleared for takeoff, a few minutes later PANAM 1736 was cleared. Due to a number of misunderstandings both aircraft collided on the runway of Tenerife Airport during takeoff, killing 583 people.

Air Disasters

Air Disasters
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Publisher : Lerner Publications
Total Pages : 68
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ISBN-10 : 9780761339731
ISBN-13 : 0761339736
Rating : 4/5 (31 Downloads)

Synopsis Air Disasters by : Mary B. Woods

Air disasters don’t happen often, but when they do, they take a terrible toll. Airplane crashes usually lead to death and destruction. But quick thinking on the part of pilots, passengers, airport workers, and rescuers can help more people survive air disasters. With dramatic images and firsthand survivor stories—plus the latest facts and figures—this book shows you some of the world’s worst air disasters up close.

The Mammoth Book of Air Disasters and Near Misses

The Mammoth Book of Air Disasters and Near Misses
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Publisher : Robinson
Total Pages : 603
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ISBN-10 : 9781780338293
ISBN-13 : 1780338295
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis The Mammoth Book of Air Disasters and Near Misses by : Paul Simpson

An incredible 30,000 flights – at least – arrive safely at their destinations every day. But a handful don’t, while some come terrifyingly close to crashing. When even the smallest thing does go wrong at 35,000 feet, the result is nearly always a fast-unfolding tragedy. This extensive collection of compelling real-life accounts of air disasters and near-disasters provides a sobering, alternative history of the just over 105 years that passengers have been travelling by air, from the very earliest fatality to recent calamities. But there are incredible stories of heroism against the odds, too, such as that of Captain Chesley Sullenberger who successfully landed his aircraft with both engines gone on the Hudson River in New York, saving the lives of everyone aboard, and of the American Airlines crew who prevented terrorist Richard Reid from exploding a bomb hidden in his shoe three months after 9/11. The book also details the often ingenious, always painstaking work done by air-accident investigators, while a glossary helps to clarify the occasional, inevitable bits of jargon.

Disaster in the Air

Disaster in the Air
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Publisher : Associated University Presses
Total Pages : 410
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ISBN-10 : 0845347772
ISBN-13 : 9780845347775
Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Synopsis Disaster in the Air by : Edgar A. Haine

"This book sets forth in detail eighty-nine of the world's most serious (in terms of human lives lost) airplane disasters starting in 1927. The narrative coverage includes those events preceding a particular calamity, often the excruciating search for a missing plane, the sad task of body recovery, and the vital investigative efforts leading to a probable cause, lessons learned, and progressive measures required to prevent or minimize repeat occurrences."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Air Disasters

Air Disasters
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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0711028591
ISBN-13 : 9780711028593
Rating : 4/5 (91 Downloads)

Synopsis Air Disasters by : Stanley Stewart

Reprint of a 1986 title in softback records twelve of the most significant air disasters during the last fifty years, from the crash of the R-101 airship in 1930 to the two 747 disasters of 1985 - the Japan Air Lines crash near Tokyo and the Air India flight disappearance off the Irish coast. Many maps and drawings.

Mayday

Mayday
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Publisher : Danann Books
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0993181244
ISBN-13 : 9780993181245
Rating : 4/5 (44 Downloads)

Synopsis Mayday by : Bruce Hales-Dutton

"This Illustrated Hardback book tells the fascinating story of how commercial airliners were developed and the crashes that changed the face of aviation and made flying the safest form of travel in the modern age."--Back cover.

Air Crash Investigations

Air Crash Investigations
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Publisher : Lulu.com
Total Pages : 198
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ISBN-10 : 9781257752072
ISBN-13 : 1257752073
Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Synopsis Air Crash Investigations by : Igor Korovin

On May 25, 1979, American Airlines Flight 191, a McDonnell-Douglas DC-10-10 aircraft, on its way from Chicago to Los Angeles, crashed just after take-off near Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, Illinois. During the take off the left engine and pylon assembly and about 3 ft of the leading edge of the left wing separated from the aircraft and fell to the runway. Flight 191 crashed killing two hundred and seventy one persons on board and two persons on the ground. The accident remains the deadliest airliner accident to occur on United States soil.

The Freckleton, England, Air Disaster

The Freckleton, England, Air Disaster
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Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 217
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ISBN-10 : 9781476613628
ISBN-13 : 1476613621
Rating : 4/5 (28 Downloads)

Synopsis The Freckleton, England, Air Disaster by : James R. Hedtke

The Freckleton catastrophe of August 23, 1944, occurred when an American B-24 Liberator crashed into the small village of Freckleton in northwest England. The plane was on a test flight when it encountered a rare and severe summer thunderstorm. Air traffic control at the American air base Warton recalled the bomber back to the base. When the pilot attempted to abort the landing because of poor visibility and high winds, a downdraft caught the plane and it crashed into the adjacent village of Freckleton. As the B-24 tumbled through the village, destroying three houses and a snack bar, flames erupted from wreckage and engulfed Holy Trinity grade school. Before the fire could be brought under control, the holocaust destroyed an entire generation of children in this village of fewer than 1,000 inhabitants. The village would never be the same. In a compelling account of sorrow, loss, hope and finally rebirth, the book looks at the history of the village, the establishment of the base at Warton, the crash, the funeral of the 61 victims, the official British inquest and the American investigation into the cause of the crash. The lives of the survivors, the servicemen and the villagers are followed through 2012.