Paul Simpson

The Mammoth Book of Air Disasters and Near Misses (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

An incredible 45,000 flights, at least, arrive successfully at their destinations every day, but a handful don't, while some come terrifyingly close to crashing. This collection of real-life accounts of both well-known and less well-known air disasters and near misses, while covering scientific factors and the political backgrounds to terrorist and military in-air incidents concisely and readably, focuses on the human element. As well as tragedy, there are redemptive stories of heroism, such as the "Miracle on the Hudson" and the story of the South Korean 747 struck by a Soviet missile in 1979 which was successfully crash-landed by its pilot. The book also covers the often ingenious, always painstaking work done by air-accident investigators, sometimes in the face of attempted cover-ups.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Little, Brown Book Group
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781780338293
• Artikelnr.: 41740668

Autorenporträt

Paul Simpson has written on a wide variety of topics, with his recent books including an acclaimed overview of conspiracy theories, a history of spying since the Second World War, an anthology of prison breaks, and examinations of the careers of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Stephen King as well as the world of L. Frank Baum's Oz. A keen traveller, he currently oversees news and reviews website Sci-Fi Bulletin from his home in a small village north of Brighton, England.