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Description for Flight 427
Hardback. The main differentiating quality of this book is that it portrays the complex interaction of different experts and opposing interests in investigating and solving the mystery of this single crash, and the recurrent problem that plagued the Boeing 737, the world's most successful and safest airliner. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: TRP; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 636.
Boeing's 737 is indisputably the most popular and arguably the safest commercial airliner in the world. But the plane had a lethal flaw, and only after several disastrous crashes and years of painstaking investigation was the mystery of its rudder failure solved. This book tells the story of how engineers and scientists finally uncovered the defect that had been engineered into the plane.
Boeing's 737 is indisputably the most popular and arguably the safest commercial airliner in the world. But the plane had a lethal flaw, and only after several disastrous crashes and years of painstaking investigation was the mystery of its rudder failure solved. This book tells the story of how engineers and scientists finally uncovered the defect that had been engineered into the plane.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Number of Pages
290
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780387952567
SKU
V9780387952567
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for Flight 427
From the reviews: "It’s a book about hi-tech sleuths racing against time and looming danger to solve an unfathomable mystery: why commercial airliners in seemingly perfect working order flipped over and fell from the sky. Author Byrne manages this in a style that is both suspenseful and educational … . Highly recommended for anyone interested in technology and/or ... Read more