Air disasters
Subtitle: dramatic black box flight recordings
By: Malcolm MacPherson
Publisher: Collins
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9780007280896
Subjects: Cockpit voice recorders; Aircraft accidents
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."--Global Books in Print.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, 3 March 1991; title: Memphis, Tennessee, USA, 7 April 1994; title: Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, 2 July 1994; title: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, 8 September 1994; title: Eight miles off East Moriches, New York, USA, 17 July 1996; title: Monroe, Michigan, USA, 9 January 1997; title: Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA, 31 October 1999; title: Marsa El-brega, Libya, 13 January 2000; title: Off Anacapa Island, California, USA, 31 January 2000; title: Rancho Cordoba, California, USA, 19 February 2000; title: Linneus, Maine, USA, 19 July 2000; title: Charles De Gaulle airport, Paris, France, 25 July 2000; title: Aspen, Colorado, USA, 29 March 2001; title: Near Burdakova, Russia, 4 July 2001; title: Belle Harbour, New York, USA, 12 November 2001; title: Taos, New Mexico, USA, 8 November 2002; title: Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, 8 January 2003; title: Jefferson City, Missouri, USA, 14 October 2004; title: Chicago, Illinois, USA, 8 December 2005; title: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 7 February 2006; title: Lexington, Kentucky, USA, 27 August 2006; title: Index.