Air Disasters
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Air Disaster
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Author : Macarthur Job
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Air Disaster written by Macarthur Job and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Technology & Engineering categories.
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.
Air Disasters
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Author : Michael Woods
language : en
Publisher: LernerClassroom
Release Date : 2007-09-01
Air Disasters written by Michael Woods and has been published by LernerClassroom this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-09-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
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.
Air Disasters
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Author : Stanley Stewart
language : en
Publisher: Allan
Release Date : 1986
Air Disasters written by Stanley Stewart and has been published by Allan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Technology & Engineering categories.
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.
Air Disasters
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Author : Roger Coote
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Air Disasters written by Roger Coote and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Highlights some of history's most notable air disasters including the explosion of the Hindenburg and the Challenger space shuttle.
Flight Failure
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Author : Donald J. Porter
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2020-05-19
Flight Failure written by Donald J. Porter and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-19 with Transportation categories.
A former aircraft engineer exposes the dangerous breakdown in airline safety due to lapses in maintenance and quality control. This book chronicles maintenance-related accidents –including the recent Boeing 737 MAX accidents –caused by individual, corporate, or governmental negligence and brings the industry's current state of affairs into sharp focus.The author, a former aviation engineer specializing in aircraft fault diagnosis and maintenance planning, examines how failures of the smallest of parts have brought down airliners, explaining sometimes esoteric mechanical issues for readers with no technical background. Vividly describing the terror of accidents and close calls, the author then follows the painstaking investigations to determine causes. He focuses on maintenance errors, which rank as one of the top three causes of airline accidents, and points to the factors that have led to an alarming situation-- continued reduction of licensed mechanics, the shutting down of maintenance bases in the United States, and the outsourcing of maintenance to lowballing contractors. Outsourcing has forced thousands of licensed mechanics into retirement or different careers. For those mechanics still employed in the United States, the ever-present threat to their jobs does nothing to cultivate loyalty to an employer and devotion to a task. The Federal Aviation Administration, which should be overseeing quality control, is caught in a conflicted dual role--charged with regulating safety on the one hand and assuring the fiscal stability of airlines on the other. This disturbing wakeup call for improved airline safety standards highlights the critical importance of attention to detail. Porter recommends that the numbers and job security of airline mechanics be increased and that they be vested with an authority level akin to medical professionals.
The Mammoth Book Of Air Disasters And Near Misses
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Author : Paul Simpson
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2014-10-16
The Mammoth Book Of Air Disasters And Near Misses written by Paul Simpson and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-16 with History categories.
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.
Plane Crash
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Author : George Bibel
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2018-03-14
Plane Crash written by George Bibel and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-14 with Technology & Engineering categories.
If you have ever wondered what goes through a pilot’s mind as a flight takes a turn for the dangerous, what impact turbulence actually has on flight safety, or even just how the wonders of aeronautics work to keep passengers safe day in and out, Plane Crash will both fascinate and educate.
Air Disasters
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Author : Ann Weil
language : en
Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publ
Release Date : 2012-09-01
Air Disasters written by Ann Weil and has been published by Saddleback Educational Publ this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Themes: Hi-Lo, headlines, nonfiction, disasters, world events. This series of nonfiction readers will grab a student's interest from the very first page! Designed with struggling readers in mind, these riveting 92-page softcover books offer short chapters on significant disasters. Each chapter is its own mini-book, which includes a timeline, key terms, and interesting facts. Fascinating black and white photographs keep the pages turning. A bibliography encourages further topical reading. Disasters are inherently frightening, riveting, and involving. Grabbed straight from the headlines, these disasters leave tragedy, destruction, and years of anguish: 1977 Tenerife, 1972 Chile, 1982 The Potomac River, Shot Down, Terrorism, Captain Sully Sullenberger, and more.
The Crash Detectives
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Author : Christine Negroni
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2016-09-27
The Crash Detectives written by Christine Negroni and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-27 with Transportation categories.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Negroni is a talented aviation journalist who clearly understands the critically important part the human factor plays in aviation safety.” —Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, pilot of US Airways 1549, the Miracle on the Hudson A fascinating exploration of how humans and machines fail—leading to air disasters from Amelia Earhart to MH370—and how the lessons learned from these accidents have made flying safer. In The Crash Detectives, veteran aviation journalist and air safety investigator Christine Negroni takes us inside crash investigations from the early days of the jet age to the present, including the search for answers about what happened to the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. As Negroni dissects what happened and why, she explores their common themes and, most important, what has been learned from them to make planes safer. Indeed, as Negroni shows, virtually every aspect of modern pilot training, airline operation, and airplane design has been shaped by lessons learned from disaster. Along the way, she also details some miraculous saves, when quick-thinking pilots averted catastrophe and kept hundreds of people alive. Tying in aviation science, performance psychology, and extensive interviews with pilots, engineers, human factors specialists, crash survivors, and others involved in accidents all over the world, The Crash Detectives is an alternately terrifying and inspiring book that might just cure your fear of flying, and will definitely make you a more informed passenger. “Christine Negroni combines her investigative reporting skills with an understanding of the complexities of air accident investigations to bring to life some of history’s most intriguing and heartbreaking cases.” —Bob Woodruff, ABC News
Bracing For Impact
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Author : Robin Suerig Holleran
language : en
Publisher: Skyhorse
Release Date : 2015-10-27
Bracing For Impact written by Robin Suerig Holleran and has been published by Skyhorse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-27 with Transportation categories.
“Surviving is a true blessing that few get to experience.” Being strapped in the seat of a plane as it plunges into a nosedive midair is everyone’s worst nightmare. Bracing for Impact’s compilers and contributors know. They have both lived out that fear and survived, albeit badly hurt, in their own plane crashes. In this collection of true-life survivor tales, people from all walks of life—a freelance writer, a crew member of the Lynyrd Skynyrd band, a naval flight surgeon, a teenager, and a newlywed on her honeymoon, among others—recount their traumatic narrow escapes as engines stalled, fuel ran out, hazardous weather conditions descended, and landings did not go according to plan. In the face of death, as life flashed before their eyes—or not, as some wryly note—these survivors encountered the terrific split of before and after the crash. Their lives, though preserved, would change forever. Perhaps more significant than the crash itself is how each story plays out in the aftermath of the ordeal. In heart-wrenching, unrelenting honesty, these stories explore the wide spectrum of impacts on survivors—ranging from debilitating fear, post-traumatic stress disorder, and substance abuse, to a renewed sense of urgency, where survivors swear to live each day to the fullest and rededicate their lives to helping others. Including the 1977 story of the Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash that killed lead singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, and vocalist Cassie Gaines, Bracing for Impact is as much a horrific account of air disasters as it is a celebration and recognition of the people who survived them. Fans of the 2016 Clint Eastwood film Sully starring Tom Hanks will enjoy this edge-of-your-seat read!