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Flight 427 : Anatomy of an Air Disaster /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Byrne, Gerry
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2002.
Subjects:
Science (General)
Engineering.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The Last Flight of US Airways 427
  • 2. The State of Commercial Aviation
  • 3. The View from the Cockpit
  • 4. Aircraft Design
  • 5. The Runway
  • 6. The 737 Rudder
  • 7. Altitude
  • 8. ATC
  • 9. Loss of Control
  • 10. NTSB
  • 11. The Crash Site
  • 12. Pointing Fingers
  • 13. Theories in Conflict
  • 14. Boeing Weighs In
  • 15. FAA and NTSB
  • 16. The Aftermath.