Aviation Disasters: The World's Major Civil Airliner Crashes Since 1950
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| Rating | : | 4.41 (550 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 185260526X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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Since then he has gathered information on many thousands of incidents, involving all kinds of aircraft and from many different countries. He lives in California.. David Gero has always had a keen interest in aeronautics, starting his collection of air disaster reports at the age of 13
Since then he has gathered information on many thousands of incidents, involving all kinds of aircraft and from many different countries. About the AuthorDavid Gero has always had a keen interest in aeronautics, starting his collection of air disaster reports at the age of 13. He lives in California.
Meticulously researched and supported by pictures from all over the world, this new edition of the authoritative work on the subject brings the grim but important story of air disasters up to date. Fully updated, includes all major air accidents since the last edition was published in 2000, for example, Alaska Airlines MD-83 (January 2000), Concorde Air France (July 2000), plus a full account of the September terrorist attacks on New York City and the Pentegon, and then goes on to crashes worldwide up to and including Sosoliso Airlines DC-9 (October 2005).
A good almanac of mishaps, but some notables are missing. Madmatt7 By far, the best book I've come across covering a wide range of airline mishaps. Many notable and obscure crashes over the last five decades are covered, with special attention paid to some of the more mysterious ones. I was especially pleased at the attention given the mysterious mid-air explosion of the TWA 747 shortly af. "Title Released" according to KGM. According to Sutton, the fourth edition of this excellent reference has now been released. My review of the third edition:The book includes only airline disasters which involved more than 50 fatalities. This is a shortcoming because many substantial lessons have been learned in accidents involving fewer fatalities. For exam. "Aviation Disasters" according to M. Totty. An exhaustive and thought provoking read - very hard to put down. Air travel is still, and by far, the safest mode of transportation available, and I would still take it over risking my life at the hands ofdrivers on our freeways any day. However, in those rare instances when things do go seriously wrong in flight, the resu