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(More customer reviews)Highly recommend this book for anyone interested in well-publicized airplane crashes during the 90s. Authors recreate the accident using NTSB reports in a concise and gripping manner that made me feel like I was in the cockpit. At the end of each report a list of references and additional reading list is given for readers interested in getting more information. Authors are captains at major airlines and NTSB accident investigators.

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Fascinating and factual accounts of the world's most recentand compelling crashes
Industry insiders James Walters and Robert Sumwalt, trained aviation accident investigators and commercial airline pilots, offer expert analyses of notable and recent aircraft accidents in this eye-opening, lesson-filled case file.Culled from final reports issued by military and foreign government investigations, as well as additional research and resources, Aircraft Accident Analysis tells the final and full tales of doomed flights that stopped the world cold in their wake.
Technical accuracy and details, presented in layman's language, help to clarify:
• Major accidents from commercial, military, and general aviation flights• Pilot backgrounds and flight histories• Chronology of events leading to each accident• Description of aviation investigation process• Insight into NTSB, military, and foreign government findings• Resulting recommendations, requirements, and policy changes• Preview summaries of accidents too recent for final reports are also highlighted.
Readable, authoritative, and complete, Aircraft Accident Analysis: Final Reports is at once an important reference tool and a riveting, what-went-wrong look at air safety for everyone who flies.
Featured final and preview reports include:
U.S. Air Force, U.S Commerce Secretary Ron Brown, Dubrovnik, CroatiaJessica Dubroff, Cheyenne, WyomingValujet Airlines 592, Everglades, FloridaAmerican Airlines 955, Cali, ColumbiaJohn Denver, Pacific Grove, CaliforniaAtlantic Southeast Airlines, Carrollton, GeorgiaUS Air 427, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaTWA 800, Long Island, New YorkDelta Air Lines, LaGuardia Airport, New YorkJohn F. Kennedy, Jr., Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts

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