Terror over Elizabeth, New Jersey : three plane crashes in 58 days and the fight for Newark Airport / by Peter Zablocki.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zablocki, Peter, author.

Series:

Disaster

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Newark Airport--History.

Newark Airport.

Aircraft accidents--New Jersey--Elizabeth.

Aircraft accidents.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (98 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2021.

Summary:

"With safety protocols in their infancy and the jet engine still in development, early commercial flight above American cities was too often deadly. Between December 1951 and January 1952, three separate plane crashes barreled down onto Elizabeth, New Jersey. Many dozens perished as the crashes destroyed entire city blocks and wreaked havoc throughout various neighborhoods. Frightened residents turned to the nearby Newark Airport for blame as a groundswell of political pushback occurred in an ultimately unsuccessful bid to stop the airport's expansion. President Truman formed an airport safety commission in response that recommended better zoning around airports and runways. Author Peter Zablocki tells the harrowing story of one of the most unique and tragic series of plane crashes in the nation's history."-- Page 4 of cover.

Contents:

Intro

Half-Title Page

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Introduction

Acknowledgements

1. Newark Airport and the Dawn of Commercial Travel

2. The Ruckus Before the Storm

3. When Planes Started Falling

4. The Twentieth Plane in Two Hours

5. "Can't Make It Back"

6. A Battle for the Fate of an Airport

7. Back to the New Normal

Epilogue

Notes

About the Author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Zablocki, Peter Terror over Elizabeth, New Jersey

ISBN:

9781439674123

OCLC:

1289371230