Brace for impact : air crashes and aviation safety / Peter Pigott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pigott, Peter, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aircraft accidents.

Aeronautics--Safety measures.

Aeronautics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario : Dundurn, 2016.

Summary:

"How safe are airplanes? Does seat preference make a life-or-death difference? What makes airplanes crash? Peter Pigott answers these questions and more as he examines the long history of airplane accidents. Discover what the biggest crashes in history were, why things went wrong, and how safe you really are when you book your next flight."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Flying Too Close to the Sun

Knights of the Air and the Great War

Barnstormers, Flaming Coffins, and Death Mockers

Lindbergh, Leo the Lion, and Air Mail Aces

Celebrity Deaths and the Rise of Commercial Passenger Flight

Lancasters, LORAN, and the Second World War

Make Way for Tomorrow: The Comet Crashes

A False Start for the Black Box

Kicking Tin and Coping with Disaster

No Longer Deaf and Mute: FDRs and CVRs Become Law

Douglas Death Cruisers and Mourning Becomes Electra

Terror in Tenerife, Pilot Error, and Air Traffic Chaos

Deregulation and Fighting Fire with Decrees

Aviation's Annus Horribilis

Regional Air Tragedy: The Kegworth and Dryden Perfect Storms

Watchdogs of Air Travel and Accidents

Nationair and ValuJet: Folly upon Folly

Swissair One-Eleven Heavy

Complex Systems Failing in Complex Ways.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781459732544

1459732545

9781459732537

1459732537

OCLC:

944379957