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The crash of Delta flight 723 : the worst air disaster in New England history / Paul D. Houle.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Houle, Paul D., 1964- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aircraft accidents--Massachusetts--Boston.
- Aircraft accidents.
- Aircraft accidents--Investigation--Political aspects--United States.
- Airplane crash survival--United States.
- Airplane crash survival.
- Aircraft accidents--Investigation.
- United States.
- Massachusetts--Boston.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 265 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- 1 Fog Warning p. 9
- 2 Passengers and Crew p. 15
- 3 Merger p. 24
- 4 "Let Me Get Off the Plane" p. 33
- 5 "Partial Obscuration" p. 40
- 6 "He Didn't Say to Go On Down" p. 48
- 7 "I Don't Trust That Thing" p. 53
- 8 A Large, Long Flame" p. 61
- 9 "Aircraft Down on 4R" p. 69
- 10 "My Name Is Leo Chouinard" p. 78
- 11 The NTSB p. 87
- 12 "Avoid Public Criticism of the FAA" p. 95
- 13 "We Are Going to Do Everything We Can to Save You" p. 104
- 14 "Thousands and Thousands of Pieces of the Plane All Over" p. 114
- 15 "Criminally Negligent" p. 123
- 16 "You Want to Get Warned About Hitting the Ground" p. 130
- 17 "Trying to Use This Accident in a Cheap Political Way" p. 136
- 18 "We're Dealing with a Burn That is Normally a Fatal Burn" p. 141
- 19 "The Administration Has Made Repeated Attempts to Both Harass and Intimidate the Board" p. 149
- 20 "There Is a Record of Malfunctions" p. 159
- 21 "If He Was Going to Die, We Did Not Want Him Dying on Our Watch" p. 167
- 22 "Leo, You're an Uncle" p. 174
- 23 "The Result of Nonstandard Air Traffic Control Services" p. 180
- 24 "An Unusually Foggy Day" p. 189
- 25 "Mr. Taylor Simply Forgot About Delta 723" p. 204
- 26 "The Interrelationship Existing Between Pilot and Ground Personnel Can Best Be Characterized as One Requiring Extensive Cooperation" p. 212
- 27 "Short Circuits Caused by Particles Produced Mechanical Misalignment" p. 220
- 28 "You Are Not Going to Get Rid of Me, Mike" p. 227.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-259) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781476644356
- 1476644357
- Publisher Number:
- 99989448126
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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