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Readers join desperate pilots in the cockpit as they fight gravity and time in a plane that's falling out of the sky.
Anyone who watches the news knows about the "black box." Officially called the cockpit voice recorder, the black box (which is actually Day-glo orange) records the final moments of any in-flight accident. Often it provides the only explanation of a crash — inevitably, it provides a heart-breaking, second-by-second account of intense fear tempered by unyielding professionalism.
This 1984 Quill title has been completely updated to include twenty-eight new incidents occurring between 1978 and 1996. Some are famous, like the 1996 Valujet crash in the Everglades and the ill-fated launch of the space shuttle Challenger; other disasters range from commuter prop aircraft to jumbo airliners and a pair of Air Force planes. Few have ever been revealed in their entirety, each, without exception, is absolutely gripping.
In this new edition, editor Malcolm MacPherson has, wherever possible, added weather notes and descriptions of events in the cockpit and cabin, heightening our vivid sense of being there during the final moments. Provided by the National Transportation Safety Board and vetted by an experienced airline captain, these are unforgettable case studies in ultimate emergency — authentic, immediate, filled with drama, terror, human frailty and error, and unquenchable courage.
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Janet Gorth
reviewed Black Box: All-New Cockpit Voice Recorder Accounts of In-Flight Accidents on May 31, 2009
Black Box
Originally I thought this was actual recordings of the conversations had in the cockpit before and during accidents. It was actually a reading from transcripts made from those recordings. These can still be disturbing to a certain degree. Hearing the final moments, reactions, panic, etc., was enlightening to say the least. How would I react, respond, behave, if I knew my life might be near its end, and I held the lives of multiple people in my hand? Each accident comprises a chapter. Not all chapters end in fatalities, but the majority do. It was interesting to see that some of the accidents were completely caused by poor decisions the crews made, and others were things that not even the best crew could have fixed (mechanical problems with the airplane). This book gives you an appreciation for every safe landing that you have experienced. All in all, the statistics still show that flying is safer than just about every other form of transportation. Good book.
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