Air Disaster (Vol. 3)

By Macarthur Job

Book Overview

Based on official accident investigation reports, and supplemented by extensive additional research, this book describes and unfolds in concise detail why these airliners crashed, and reveals the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 187567134X
• ISBN13: 9781875671342
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Australian Aviation
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 1.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.8" x 0.3" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

"Air Disaster Volume 3" -- Another First-Class Effort

Volume Three of "Air Disaster" features 155 pages, with 13 different commercial aviation accidents examined within its eight total chapters. This book covers aircraft disasters spanning from 1988 to 1998. This volume begins with the crash of a brand-new Air France Airbus A320 (registration number F-GFKC) on June 26, 1988, at a French airshow. Other accidents that are probed in-depth here include a Thai Airways A310 incident in late July of 1992; the March 22, 1992, crash of a Fokker F28 of U.S. Air at LaGuardia Airport in New York City; and the frightening adventure of United Airlines Flight 811 on February 24, 1989, near Honolulu, Hawaii, when the Boeing 747-100 suddenly had one of its cargo doors blow off while in flight. In addition, this book examines the two Boeing 737 accidents (in 1991 and 1994) that had investigators stumped and scratching their heads for years. The two Boeing twin-jets suddenly dropped out of the sky while approaching their respective destinations (Colorado Springs and Pittsburgh), without a readily evident cause for either crash. It was finally discovered, after the 1994 disaster in Pittsburgh, that the rudder system on the 737 had a potentially-deadly design flaw, which most likely caused both of these 737s to suddenly turn sharply and dive into the ground. Volume 3 in this series by air safety author Macarthur Job continues the rich and expertly-written tradition of the first two volumes. Definitely worth a look.

The best source of aviation accident information - ever

MacArthur Job's books continue as the standard by which all books on industrial accidents ought to be measured. A non-nonsense but readible prose style, an unnerving focus on the significant elements of the accidents, and the superb drawings of Matthew Tesch provide all the information in an understandable, accurate, and chilling narrative of disastrous events. It's all too easy to imagine being in the cockpit in the last few minutes of a plane's -- and often pilots' existence.This series is unlike any other in the field or any similar field. I've been to some of the accidents described by Mr. Job and can attest to his precise accounting of the facts. If only Government agencies could write descriptions like this.

Air Disaster 3

Air Disaster 3 lives up to the high standard of Air Disaster Volumes 1 & 2. It takes an in depth look at several major air disasters, and includes information from before the incident, then describes what happened and then explains why. Has great graphics and photos. The best Aviation Safety related book I have ever read.

excelent book, amazing histories!!!

If you are interested in this topic, you'll not regret to purchase this collection. Every chapter if fully detailed with an objective description of what happened (graphics are also very detailed)... excellent work!

The Best

Simply the best books on airline disasters I've ever read. The sequential drawings that show how certain planes suffered structural beakup are fascinating and are just one example of the great amount of detail that goes into these convincing analyses.