Air Disasters
Dramatic Black Box Flight Recordings
Published on 4. August 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-0-00-728089-6 (ISBN)
Description
Compelling and dramatic insights into crucial moments inside the cockpit.
Discover the most sensational air disasters of recent years. Transcripts of actual black box recordings of conversations between captains, their crew, and air traffic control on the ground reveal the final moments during which life-and-death decisions were made.
In some cases, disaster is averted; in others, the results are fatal. Every one of these real-life stories contains heroism and terror, and shows the sheer professionalism of those involved when under extreme pressure. They enable the reader to get right inside the cockpit and relive what happened, minute-by-minute, second-by-second.
Includes Air France Flight 4590, the famous Concorde disaster in July 2000
Discover the most sensational air disasters of recent years. Transcripts of actual black box recordings of conversations between captains, their crew, and air traffic control on the ground reveal the final moments during which life-and-death decisions were made.
In some cases, disaster is averted; in others, the results are fatal. Every one of these real-life stories contains heroism and terror, and shows the sheer professionalism of those involved when under extreme pressure. They enable the reader to get right inside the cockpit and relive what happened, minute-by-minute, second-by-second.
Includes Air France Flight 4590, the famous Concorde disaster in July 2000
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
285 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-00-728089-6 (9780007280896)
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09/2009
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Person
Malcolm MacPherson is an American author who has published various works of non-fiction, as well as novels. He is also prolific as a magazine and newspaper journalist, having been published in, amongst others, 'Newsweek', 'New York' magazine and the 'International Herald Tribune'.