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.

The Last Nine Minutes

The Last Nine Minutes
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 330
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015000660079
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (79 Downloads)

Synopsis The Last Nine Minutes by : Moira Johnston

On March 3, 1973, Flight 981, a DC-10 aircraft owned and flown by Turkish Airlines and carrying 334 passengers and a crew of 12, took off from Orly airport in Paris. Nine minutes later, it crashed into the Ermenonville Forest, killing all 346 aboard. It was the first crash of a fully loaded "wide-body" jet and the largest air disaster in aviation history at that time.

Flight 232: A Story of Disaster and Survival

Flight 232: A Story of Disaster and Survival
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 375
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ISBN-10 : 9780393244144
ISBN-13 : 0393244148
Rating : 4/5 (44 Downloads)

Synopsis Flight 232: A Story of Disaster and Survival by : Laurence Gonzales

"A richly detailed story that is equal parts heartbreaking, inspiring…and full of fascinating science…masterful." —San Francisco Chronicle As hundreds of rescue workers waited on the ground, United Airlines Flight 232 wallowed drunkenly over the bluffs northwest of Sioux City. The plane slammed onto the runway and burst into a vast fireball. The rescuers didn't move at first: nobody could possibly survive that crash. And then people began emerging from the summer corn that lined the runways. Miraculously, 184 of 296 passengers lived. No one has ever attempted the complete reconstruction of a crash of this magnitude. Drawing on interviews with hundreds of survivors, crew, and airport and rescue personnel, Laurence Gonzales, a commercial pilot himself, captures, minute by minute, the harrowing journey of pilots flying a plane with no controls and flight attendants keeping their calm in the face of certain death. He plumbs the hearts and minds of passengers as they pray, bargain with God, plot their strategies for survival, and sacrifice themselves to save others. Ultimately he takes us, step by step, through the gripping scientific detective work in super-secret labs to dive into the heart of a flaw smaller than a grain of rice that shows what brought the aircraft down. An unforgettable drama of the triumph of heroism over tragedy and human ingenuity over technological breakdown, Flight 232 is a masterpiece in the tradition of the greatest aviation stories ever told.

Southern Storm

Southern Storm
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Publisher : National Geographic Books
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 9781588345592
ISBN-13 : 1588345599
Rating : 4/5 (92 Downloads)

Synopsis Southern Storm by : Samme Chittum

The gripping true tale of a devastating plane crash, the investigation into its causes, and the race to prevent similar disasters in the future. On the afternoon of April 4, 1977, Georgia housewife Sadie Burkhalter Hurst looked out her front door to see a frantic stranger running toward her, his clothes ablaze, and behind him the mangled fuselage of a passenger plane that had just crashed in her yard. The plane, a Southern Airways DC-9-31, had been carrying eighty-one passengers and four crew members en route to Atlanta when it entered a massive thunderstorm cell that turned into a dangerous cocktail of rain, hail, and lightning. Forced down onto a highway, the plane cut a swath of devastation through the small town of New Hope, breaking apart and killing bystanders on the ground before coming to rest in Hurst's front yard. Ultimately, only twenty-two people would survive the crash of Flight 242, and urgent questions immediately arose. What caused the pilots to fly into the storm instead of away from it? Could the crash have been prevented? Southern Storm addresses these issues and many more, offering a fascinating insider's look at this dramatic disaster and the systemic overhauls that followed it.

Destination Disaster

Destination Disaster
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Publisher : Crown
Total Pages : 488
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105007516698
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis Destination Disaster by : Paul Eddy

The Crash of Delta Flight 723

The Crash of Delta Flight 723
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Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 274
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ISBN-10 : 9781476686424
ISBN-13 : 1476686424
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Synopsis The Crash of Delta Flight 723 by : Paul D. Houle

At the height of the Watergate scandal, Delta Flight 723 crashed into a fog-shrouded seawall at the end of Runway 4R at Logan Airport in Boston. While this incident and Watergate seemed unrelated at first, President Richard Nixon and his subordinates' actions during Watergate interfered with the ability of the National Transportation Safety Board to properly investigate the crash. It wasn't until three court cases, a federal investigation, congressional hearings, as well as a state investigation, when the true cause of the accident was exposed ten years later. This is also the story of Air Force Sergeant Leopold Chouinard and his incredible fight for survival. Chouinard survived the initial impact of the crash, only to suffer third and fourth degree burns on the majority of his body. Doctors fought against incredible odds to try and save Chouinard's life. For 134 days, Leo Chouinard defied all expectations as his doctors and nurses applied the latest advancements in burn treatments to save him from a non-survivable accident. They nearly succeeded. Through interviews with Chouinard's family, his physicians, and the NTSB's investigation, comes a story of corruption, determination, and vindication as well as the answer to what really caused that crash at Logan airport.

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.

Collision on Tenerife

Collision on Tenerife
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Publisher : Post Hill Press
Total Pages : 357
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ISBN-10 : 9781682617748
ISBN-13 : 1682617742
Rating : 4/5 (48 Downloads)

Synopsis Collision on Tenerife by : Jon Ziomek

One of the jets, KLM Flight 4805, was traveling more than 150 miles an hour and was within seconds of lifting off when it crashed into Pan Am Flight 1736 taxiing in its path. The loss of lives was staggering—583 dead. The crash happened after a lengthy series of major and minor human errors. In the intervening years, has aviation advanced to the point that such a disaster can’t happen again? In this riveting account, written from the perspective of the passengers in the cabin as well as the crew members in the cockpits, Jon Ziomek explains how this largely forgotten accident took place—and what has happened since to reduce the possibility of another such catastrophe.

Last Days of the Concorde

Last Days of the Concorde
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Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
Total Pages : 273
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ISBN-10 : 9781588346315
ISBN-13 : 1588346315
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis Last Days of the Concorde by : Samme Chittum

The gripping true tale of a devastating plane crash, the investigation into its causes, and the race to prevent similar disasters in the future. On July 25, 2000, a Concorde, the world's fastest passenger plane, was taking off from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris when it suddenly burst into flames. An airliner capable of flying at more than twice the speed of sound, the Concorde had completed 25 years of successful flights, whisking wealthy passengers--from diplomats to rock stars to corporate titans--between continents on brief and glamorous flights. Yet on this fateful day, the chartered Concorde jet, en route to America, crashed and killed all 109 passengers and crew onboard and four people on the ground. Urgent questions immediately arose as investigators scrambled to discover what had gone wrong. What caused the fire? Could it have been prevented? And, most urgently, was the Concorde safe to fly? Last Days of the Concorde addresses these issues and many more, offering a fascinating insider's look at the dramatic disaster, the hunt for clues, and the systemic overhauls that followed the crash.

Flight 232

Flight 232
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Publisher : W. W. Norton
Total Pages : 0
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0393240029
ISBN-13 : 9780393240023
Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Synopsis Flight 232 by : Laurence Gonzales

Twenty-five years after the catastrophe, a dramatic and extraordinarily rare 360-degree view of the crash of a fully loaded jumbo jet.