Research Catalog

Title

Black box : the air-crash detectives : why air safety is no accident / Nicholas Faith.

Author

Faith, Nicholas, 1933-2018

Publication

London : Boxtree, 1996.

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Details

Description

185, [4] p. of plates : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

The author presents a comprehensive investigation into the causes of modern air disasters and discusses methods used by air-crash detectives in order to determine if the accident was due to pilot error, weather, maintenance, or mechanical failure. From the early tragedies of the Comet and the DC10 to the modern-day horror of the Concorde catastrophe in Paris and the mysterious loss of an Air France Airbus over the Atlantic, Faith painstakingly recreates the accidents, explains what went wrong and discusses how they can be prevented from recurring. It's a gripping, fascinating and chilling book.

Alternative Title

Air-crash detectives

Subject

• Flight recorders

Note

• Includes index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. The world of the tin-kickers --- 2. ... And the tools of their trade --- 3. Death in the forest --- 4. Airports, airlines and air- traffic controllers --- 5. Catch a falling star --- 6. A question of survival --- 7. A system too far --- 8. Diamonds in the dust --- 9. In the bleak midwinter --- 10. Dropped from a string --- 11. Every billion hours --- 12. Superman and scapegoats --- 13. The wrong stuff --- 14. Call me God.

ISBN

075221084X

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library