Plane crash
Subtitle: the forensics of aviation disasters
By: George Bibel and Captain Robert Hedges
Contributors: Hedges, Robert, 1964- author
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9781421424484
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Investigation; Aircraft accidents; Case studies
Description: Plane Crash, an unprecedented collaboration between mechanical engineering professor George Bibel and airline Captain Robert Hedges, shares the riveting stories of both high-profile and lesser-known airplane accidents. Drawing on accident reports, eyewitness accounts, and simple diagrams to explain what went wrong in the plane and in the cockpit. Hedges provides invaluable insight into aviation human factors, while Bibel analyzes mechanical failures. No prior scientific knowledge is needed to understand the principles and procedures this book describes, only an interest in the view from what Captain Hedges describes as 'the best seat in the house."--book jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-305) and index.
Table of contents: title: Takeoff!; title: Takeoff (never mind!); title: Controlling the plane; title: Vanished!; title: Practice makes perfect; title: Turbulence; title: The 168-ton glider; title: Approach; title: Landing.