Aircraft Accident Analysis: Final Reports (eBook)

Fascinating and factual accounts of the world's most recent and compelling crashesIndustry insiders James Walters and Robert Sumwalt, trained aviation accident investigators and commercial airline pilots, offer expert analyses of notable and recent aircraft accidents in this eye-opening, lesson-filled case file. Culled from final reports issued by military and foreign government investigations, as well as additional research and resources, Aircraft Accident Analysis: Final Reports tells the final and full tales of doomed flights that stopped the world cold in their wake.Technical accuracy and details, presented in layman s language, help to clarify:Major accidents from commercial, military, and general aviation flightsPilot backgrounds and flight historiesChronology of events leading to each accidentDescription of aviation investigation processInsight into NTSB, military, and foreign government findingsResulting recommendations, requirements, and policy changesReadable, authoritative, and complete, Aircraft Accident Analysis: Final Reports is at once an important reference tool and a riveting, what-went-wrong look at air safety for everyone who flies.Featured final and preview reports include:U.S. Air Force, U.S Commerce Secretary Ron Brown, Dubrovnik, CroatiaJessica Dubroff, Cheyenne, WyomingValujet Airlines 592, Everglades, FloridaAmerican Airlines 955, Cali, ColumbiaJohn Denver, Pacific Grove, CaliforniaAtlantic Southeast Airlines, Carrollton, GeorgiaUS Air 427, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaTWA 800, Long Island, New YorkDelta Air Lines, LaGuardia Airport, New YorkJohn F. Kennedy, Jr., Martha s Vineyard, Massachusetts