Aviation disasters : the world's major civil airliner crashes since 1950 by Gero, David, author instant download

Aviation disasters : the world's major civil airliner crashes since 1950 by Gero, David, author instant download

416 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : 25 cm, Gero assembles a list of major air disasters since the 1950s across continents. He investigates every type of calamity, including those caused by inclement weather, mechanical failure, pilot error, inhospitable terrain and hostile action. The first incident of sabotage involving a commercial jetliner is covered, as is the first, much-feared crash of the jumbo jet era. Examined alongside less well-known disasters are high-profile episodes such as that of Pan American Flight 103 at Lockerbie in 1988, the Twin Towers tragedy of 11 September 2001 and, more recently, the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in 2014 – the greatest mystery of the commercial jet age. --From publisher description, Previous edition: 2009, Includes indexes