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Product Identifiers
PublisherLulu Press, Inc.
ISBN-101409286029
ISBN-139781409286028
eBay Product ID (ePID)116303497
Product Key Features
Book TitleAir Crash Investigations: the Crash of American Airlines Flight 587
Number of Pages218 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGeneral, Aeronautics & Astronautics, Sociology / Urban
Publication Year2009
GenreTechnology & Engineering, Social Science, History
AuthorHans Griffioen
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
SynopsisOn November 12, 2001, American Airlines flight 587, an Airbus A300-605R, took off from John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York. Flight 587 was a scheduled passenger flight to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, with a crew of 9 and 251 passengers aboard the airplane. Shortly after take-off the airplane lost its tail, the engines subsequently separated in flight and the airplane crashed into a residential area of Belle Harbor, New York. All 260 people aboard the airplane and 5 people on the ground were killed, and the airplane was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire.
