| Description |
1 online resource |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Takeoff! -- Takeoff (Never Mind!) -- Controlling the Plane -- Vanished! -- Practice Makes Perfect -- Turbulence -- The 168-Ton Glider -- Approach -- Landing. |
| Summary |
Plane Crash, an unprecedented collaboration between mechanical engineering professor George Bibel and airline Captain Robert Hedges, shares the riveting stories of both high-profile and lesser-known airplane accidents. Drawing on accident reports, eyewitness accounts, and simple diagrams to explain what went wrong in the plane and in the cockpit. Hedges provides invaluable insight into aviation human factors, while Bibel analyzes mechanical failures. No prior scientific knowledge is needed to understand the principles and procedures this book describes, only an interest in the view from what Captain Hedges describes as 'the best seat in the house."--Jacket. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Aircraft accidents -- Investigation.
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Aircraft accidents -- Investigation. |
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Aircraft accidents -- Case studies.
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Aircraft accidents. |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Hedges, Robert, 1964- author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bibel, G.D. (George D.). Plane crash. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2018] 9781421424484 (DLC) 2017021044 (OCoLC)988580725 |
| ISBN |
9781421424491 (electronic book) |
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1421424495 (electronic book) |
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9781421424484 |
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1421424487 |
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