Flight 427
Subtitle: Anatomy of an Air Disaster
By: by Gerry Byrne
Publisher: Springer New York
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9781441929235; 9781475752373
Subjects: Science (General); Engineering
Description: Boeing's 737 is indisputably the most popular and arguably the safest commercial airliner in the world. But the plane had a lethal flaw, and only after several disastrous crashes and years of painstaking investigation was the mystery of its rudder failure solved. This book tells the story of how engineers and scientists finally uncovered the defect that had been engineered into the plane.
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Table of contents: title: 1. The Last Flight of US Airways 427; title: 2. The State of Commercial Aviation; title: 3. The View from the Cockpit; title: 4. Aircraft Design; title: 5. The Runway; title: 6. The 737 Rudder; title: 7. Altitude; title: 8. ATC; title: 9. Loss of Control; title: 10. NTSB; title: 11. The Crash Site; title: 12. Pointing Fingers; title: 13. Theories in Conflict; title: 14. Boeing Weighs In; title: 15. FAA and NTSB; title: 16. The Aftermath.