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 |
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New York, NY
Copernicus
2002, 2002
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2002 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- One 585
- 1 The Unfriendly Skies
- 2 Tin Kickers
- 3 Looking for Answers
- 4 Reconstructing the Wind
- 5 We Have a Problem
- Two 427
- 6 Out of the Sky
- 7 “A Target Has Disappeared”
- 8 Situation: Non-Normal
- 9 Pumps and Valves
- 10 Secrets of the Flight Data Recorder
- 11 The First Public Hearing
- 12 Human Factors
- 13 Atlantic City
- 14 Jim Hall Steps in
- 15 Human Factors Revisited
- Three 517 and After
- 16 The Eastwind Incident
- 17 Boeing on the Hook
- 18 Reversals
- z9 Submissions
- Chapter20 Findings
- 2I Epilogue