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35 Miles from Shore: The Ditching and Rescue of ALM Flight 980 by Corsetti III
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Publication Date
- 2008-04-01
- Pages
- 352
- ISBN
- 9780977897100
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Odyssey Publishing LLC
ISBN-10
0977897109
ISBN-13
9780977897100
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63857726
Product Key Features
Book Title
35 Miles from Shore : the Ditching and Rescue of Alm Flight 980
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2008
Topic
Aviation / History, Aeronautics & Astronautics
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Transportation, Technology & Engineering
Format
Perfect
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
16.2 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"The most astounding nonfiction book I have ever had the pleasure of reading. Extremely detailed, well researched and action packed, this book is a don't put down book until it's finished, Wow!!" —frontstreet reviews.com, "A wonderful book. It's like reading a fine novel except it's all true. For aviation people it is also a valuable safety lesson." —Bob Buck, author, North Star Over My Shoulder, "A wonderful book. It's like reading a fine novel except it's all true. For aviation people it is also a valuable safety lesson." -Bob Buck, author, North Star Over My Shoulder, "A wonderful book. It's like reading a fine novel except it's all true. For aviation people it is also a valuable safety lesson." --Bob Buck, author, North Star Over My Shoulder, "The most astounding nonfiction book I have ever had the pleasure of reading. Extremely detailed, well researched and action packed, this book is a don't put down book until it's finished, Wow!!" --frontstreet reviews.com, "A wonderful book. It's like reading a fine novel except it's all true. For aviation people it is also a valuable safety lesson." --Bob Buck, author, "North Star Over My Shoulder", "This gripping account of a tragedy, with heroes galore, is mesmerizing reading." —newbookreviews.org, "This gripping account of a tragedy, with heroes galore, is mesmerizing reading." --newbookreviews.org, "This gripping account of a tragedy, with heroes galore, is mesmerizing reading." --newbookreviews.org, "This well-researched, fast-paced study vividly re-creates the chain of errors that resulted in the catastrophe, the harrowing rescue missions, and the mixed effects of the tragedy on the subsequent lives of the crew, survivors, and rescuers." --Library Journal, "A wonderful book. It's like reading a fine novel except it's all true. For aviation people it is also a valuable safety lesson." --Bob Buck, author, North Star Over My Shoulder, "This gripping account of a tragedy, with heroes galore, is mesmerizing reading." -newbookreviews.org, "This well-researched, fast-paced study vividly re-creates the chain of errors that resulted in the catastrophe, the harrowing rescue missions, and the mixed effects of the tragedy on the subsequent lives of the crew, survivors, and rescuers." --Library Journal, "This well-researched, fast-paced study vividly re-creates the chain of errors that resulted in the catastrophe, the harrowing rescue missions, and the mixed effects of the tragedy on the subsequent lives of the crew, survivors, and rescuers." —Library Journal, "This well-researched, fast-paced study vividly re-creates the chain of errors that resulted in the catastrophe, the harrowing rescue missions, and the mixed effects of the tragedy on the subsequent lives of the crew, survivors, and rescuers." -Library Journal, "The most astounding nonfiction book I have ever had the pleasure of reading. Extremely detailed, well researched and action packed, this book is a don't put down book until it's finished, Wow!!" -frontstreet reviews.com, "The most astounding nonfiction book I have ever had the pleasure of reading. Extremely detailed, well researched and action packed, this book is a don't put down book until it's finished, Wow!!" --frontstreet reviews.com, "This well-researched, fast-paced study vividly re-creates the chain of errors that resulted in the catastrophe, the harrowing rescue missions, and the mixed effects of the tragedy on the subsequent lives of the crew, survivors, and rescuers." "--Library Journal"
Synopsis
On May 2, 1970, a DC-9 jet with 57 passengers and a crew of six departed from New York's JFK International Airport en route to the tropical island of St. Maarten, but four hours and 34 minutes later the flight ended in the shark-infested waters of the Caribbean. It was, and remains, the only open-water ditching of a commercial jet. The subsequent rescue of survivors took nearly three hours and involved the coast guard, navy, and marines. This gripping account of that fateful day recounts what was happening inside the cabin, the cockpit, and the helicopters as the crews struggled against the weather and dwindling daylight to rescue the survivors, who had only their life vests and a lone escape chute to keep them afloat.
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