The final call : why airline disasters continue to happen.

Contributor(s):

Barlay, Stephen

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Pantheon Books, 1990Edition: 1st American edDescription: xv, 457 p. : ill., mapsISBN:

0679401741

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

363.124 FIN

Subject: Based on interviews with industry and aviation experts from around the world, this book is an expose of the hazards of commercial flight from archaic aircraft to pilot error; from bad weather to acts of sabotage; from overcrowded airspace to poor maintenance; from cost cutting to negligence. Despite many air crash investigations, Barlay maintains that little has been learnt from these.

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Bibliography: p. 438-441

Includes glossary and index

Based on interviews with industry and aviation experts from around the world, this book is an expose of the hazards of commercial flight from archaic aircraft to pilot error; from bad weather to acts of sabotage; from overcrowded airspace to poor maintenance; from cost cutting to negligence. Despite many air crash investigations, Barlay maintains that little has been learnt from these.

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