Ebook: Flight 427: Anatomy of an Air Disaster

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.

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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.

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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.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XXI
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Unfriendly Skies....Pages 3-15
Tin Kickers....Pages 17-27
Looking for Answers....Pages 29-44
Reconstructing the Wind....Pages 45-54
We have a Problem....Pages 55-71
Front Matter....Pages 73-73
Out of the Sky....Pages 75-86
A Target Has Disappeared....Pages 87-97
Situation: Non-Normal....Pages 99-107
Pumps and Valves....Pages 109-122
Secrets of the Flight Data Recorder....Pages 123-133
The First Public Hearing....Pages 135-146
Human Factors....Pages 147-165
Atlantic City....Pages 167-178
Jim Hall Steps In....Pages 179-190
Human Factors Revisited....Pages 191-200
Front Matter....Pages 201-201
The Eastwind Incident....Pages 203-217
Boeing on the Hook....Pages 219-230
Reversals....Pages 231-242
Submissions....Pages 244-252
Findings....Pages 253-265
Back Matter....Pages 279-289
Epilogue....Pages 267-278

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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.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XXI
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Unfriendly Skies....Pages 3-15
Tin Kickers....Pages 17-27
Looking for Answers....Pages 29-44
Reconstructing the Wind....Pages 45-54
We have a Problem....Pages 55-71
Front Matter....Pages 73-73
Out of the Sky....Pages 75-86
A Target Has Disappeared....Pages 87-97
Situation: Non-Normal....Pages 99-107
Pumps and Valves....Pages 109-122
Secrets of the Flight Data Recorder....Pages 123-133
The First Public Hearing....Pages 135-146
Human Factors....Pages 147-165
Atlantic City....Pages 167-178
Jim Hall Steps In....Pages 179-190
Human Factors Revisited....Pages 191-200
Front Matter....Pages 201-201
The Eastwind Incident....Pages 203-217
Boeing on the Hook....Pages 219-230
Reversals....Pages 231-242
Submissions....Pages 244-252
Findings....Pages 253-265
Back Matter....Pages 279-289
Epilogue....Pages 267-278
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