Flight 427 : Anatomy of an Air Disaster /
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 ho...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York,
2002.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxi, 289 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781475752373 (electronic bk.) 1475752377 (electronic bk.) |