Aviation Disasters by David Gero

Aviation Disasters by David Gero

Flying as an airline passenger is, statistically, one of the safest forms of travel. Even so, the history of civil aviation is littered with high-profile disasters involving major loss of life. This new edition of the authoritative work on the subject brings the grim but important story of air disasters right up to date. David Gero assembles a list of major air disasters since the 1950s across continents. He investigates every type of calamity, including those caused by appalling weather, mechanical failure, pilot error, inhospitable terrain and hostile action. The first incident of sabotage involving a commercial jetliner is covered, as is the first, much-feared crash of the jumbo jet era. Examined alongside less well-known disasters are high-profile episodes such as that of Pan American Flight 103 at Lockerbie in 1988, the Twin Towers tragedy of 11 September 2001 and, more recently, the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in 2014 - the greatest mystery of the commercial jet age. Aviation Disasters is the authoritative record of air disasters worldwide, fully illustrated with a fascinating selection of photographs.

David Gero has always had a keen interest in aeronautics, starting his collection of air disaster reports at the age of 13. Since then he has gathered information on many thousands of incidents, involving all kinds of aircraft and from many different countries. He lives in California.

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ISBN 13	9780750931465
ISBN 10	0750931469
Titel	Aviation Disasters
Autor	David Gero
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Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	The History Press Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr	2006-12-15
Seitenanzahl	368
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