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- Investigating the World's Most Mysterious Air Disasters
- Narrated by: Christine Negroni
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
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Publisher's summary
New York Times Best Seller
“Negroni is a talented aviation journalist who clearly understands the critically important part the human factor plays in aviation safety.” (Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, pilot of US Airways 1549, the Miracle on the Hudson)
A fascinating exploration of how humans and machines fail - leading to air disasters from Amelia Earhart to MH370 - and how the lessons learned from these accidents have made flying safer.
In The Crash Detectives, veteran aviation journalist and air safety investigator Christine Negroni takes us inside crash investigations from the early days of the jet age to the present, including the search for answers about what happened to the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. As Negroni dissects what happened and why, she explores their common themes and, most important, what has been learned from them to make planes safer. Indeed, as Negroni shows, virtually every aspect of modern pilot training, airline operation, and airplane design has been shaped by lessons learned from disaster. Along the way, she also details some miraculous saves, when quick-thinking pilots averted catastrophe and kept hundreds of people alive.
Tying in aviation science, performance psychology, and extensive interviews with pilots, engineers, human factors specialists, crash survivors, and others involved in accidents all over the world, The Crash Detectives is an alternately terrifying and inspiring book that might just cure your fear of flying, and will definitely make you a more informed passenger.
“Christine Negroni combines her investigative reporting skills with an understanding of the complexities of air accident investigations to bring to life some of history’s most intriguing and heartbreaking cases.” (Bob Woodruff, ABC News)
Critic reviews
"Fascinating.... For all the horror stories in The Crash Detectives, the reasonable reader will leave the book more sanguine about modern commercial airline travel than before." (Edward Kosner, The Wall Street Journal)
"[The Crash Detectives] will bolster your knowledge of the mysteries of air travel.... Aviation journalist Christine Negroni uncovers behind-the-scenes stories of the industry’s most famous heroic saves, catastrophes and mysteries." (The Wall Street Journal - Books Every Geek Should Read This Fall)
"Christine Negroni is a talented aviation journalist who clearly understands the critically important part the human factor plays in aviation safety. She 'gets it'." (Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, pilot of US Airways 1549, the "Miracle on the Hudson")
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The Flight 981 Disaster
- Tragedy, Treachery, and the Pursuit of Truth
- By: Samme Chittum
- Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
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On June 12, 1972, a powerful explosion rocked American Airlines Flight 96 a mere five minutes after its takeoff from Detroit. The explosion ripped a gaping hole in the bottom of the aircraft and jammed the hydraulic controls. Miraculously, despite the damage and ensuing chaos, the pilots were able to land the plane safely. Less than two years later, on March 3, 1974, a sudden, forceful blowout tore through Turk Hava Yollari (THY) Flight 981 from Paris to London. THY Flight 981 was not as lucky as Flight 96: it crashed in a forest in France.
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Fill fill fill...
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Into the Black
- The Extraordinary Untold Story of the First Flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia and the Astronauts Who Flew Her
- By: Rowland White, Richard Truly
- Narrated by: Eric Meyers
- Length: 15 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Using interviews, NASA oral histories, and recently declassified material, Into the Black pieces together the dramatic untold story of the Columbia mission and the brave people who dedicated themselves to help the United States succeed in the age of space exploration. On April 12, 1981, NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia blasted off from Cape Canaveral. It was the most advanced, state-of-the-art flying machine ever built, challenging the minds and imagination of America's top engineers and pilots.
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Great Story About a Flawed Spacecraft
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By: Rowland White, and others
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Fly by Wire
- The Geese, the Glide, the Miracle on the Hudson
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On January 15, 2009, a US Airways Airbus A320 had just taken off from LaGuardia Airport in New York when a flock of Canada Geese collided with it, destroying both of its engines. The plane's pilot, Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, managed to glide it to a safe landing in the Hudson River. It was an instant media sensation---the "Miracle on the Hudson"---and Captain Sully was the hero. But how much of the success of this dramatic landing can actually be credited to the genius of the pilot?
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Great Abridgement
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Scapegoat
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- By: Emilio Corsetti III
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On April 4, 1979, a Boeing 727 with 82 passengers and a crew of seven rolled over and plummeted from an altitude of 39,000 feet to within seconds of crashing, were it not for the crew's actions to save the plane. The cause of the unexplained dive was the subject of one of the longest NTSB investigations at that time. While the crew's efforts to save TWA 841 were initially hailed as heroic, that all changed when safety inspectors found 21 minutes of the 30-minute cockpit voice recorder tape blank.
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pits large faceless entitles against a small group
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When the Marines decided to buy a helicopter-airplane hybrid "tiltrotor" called the V-22 Osprey, they saw it as their dream machine. The tiltrotor was the aviation equivalent of finding the Northwest Passage: an aircraft able to take off, land, and hover with the agility of a helicopter yet fly as fast and as far as an airplane. Many predicted it would reshape civilian aviation. The Marines saw it as key to their very survival. Opponents called it one of the worst boondoggles in Pentagon history.
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Innovation runs into government
- By Cx30 on 09-25-10
By: Richard Whittle
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It is the most famous military installation in the world. And it doesn't exist. Located a mere s75 miles outside of Las Vegas in Nevada's desert, the base has never been acknowledged by the US government - but Area 51 has captivated imaginations for decades. Annie Jacobsen had exclusive access to 19 men who served the base proudly and secretly for decades and are now aged 75-92, and unprecedented access to 55 additional military and intelligence personnel, scientists, pilots, and engineers linked to the secret base, 32 of whom lived and worked there for extended periods.
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Disappointing
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By: Annie Jacobsen
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- Narrated by: Pete Larkin
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From the development of the U-2 to the Stealth fighter, the never-before-told story behind America's high-stakes quest to dominate the skies. Skunk Works is the true story of America's most secret and successful aerospace operation. As recounted by Ben Rich, the operation's brilliant boss for nearly two decades, the chronicle of Lockheed's legendary Skunk Works is a drama of Cold War confrontations and Gulf War air combat, of extraordinary feats of engineering and human achievement against fantastic odds.
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Ben Rich's life story...but not in that order
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By: Ben R. Rich, and others
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Kelly
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Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson led the design of such crucial aircraft as the P-38 and Constellation, but he will be more remembered for the U-2 and SR-71 spy planes. His extraordinary leadership of the Lockheed "Skunk Works" cemented his reputation as a legendary figure in American aerospace management.
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Memoir of a Legend
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Higher, farther, faster - what every real aviator aspires to. The SR-71 was the epitome of this dream for three decades. The only way to beat the SR-71 was to rocket into space, and every astronaut in the office with me in the 1960s would have loved to have flown the Blackbird. In many ways it placed greater demand on piloting proficiency than any spacecraft.
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Great in sight on life and times of Blackbird crew
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By: Terry Pappas
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When Apollo 11 touched down on the Moon’s surface in 1969, the first man on the Moon became a legend. In First Man, author James R. Hansen explores the life of Neil Armstrong. Based on over 50 hours of interviews with the intensely private Armstrong, who also gave Hansen exclusive access to private documents and family sources, this "magnificent panorama of the second half of the American twentieth century" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) is an unparalleled biography of an American icon.
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Not really 'unabridged'
- By A Reader on 06-06-18
By: James R. Hansen
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35 Miles from Shore
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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.
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a new perspective on air travel
- By Midwestbonsai on 03-30-17
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Vulcan Boys
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The Vulcan, the second of the three V bombers built to guard the UK during the Cold War, has become an aviation icon like the Spitfire, its delta shape instantly recognizable, as is the howling noise it makes when the engines are opened for takeoff. Vulcan Boys is the first Vulcan book recounted completely firsthand by the operators themselves.
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a compelling work but slow to start
- By Josh Boyle on 08-06-16
By: Tony Blackman
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Harrier Boys, Volume 1
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In Harrier Boys, Volume One: Cold War Through the Falklands, 1969-1990, Robert Marston, who flew Harriers for many years, draws together accounts from others who worked with this unique jet through its history. The excitement, camaraderie, and pride of Harrier operators shine through in the personal stories of those whose lives were changed by their experience of this iconic aircraft, both on land and at sea.
By: Robert Marston
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Final Countdown: NASA and the End of the Space Shuttle Program
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Journalist Pat Duggins, National Public Radio's resident "space expert", chronicles the planning stages of the Space Shuttle program in the early 1970s, the thrill of the first flight in 1981, construction of the International Space Station in the 1990s, and the decision in the early 2000s to shut the program down.
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End of the Shuttle
- By Jean on 09-25-14
By: Pat Duggins
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Love It!
Excellent subject matter covering a fascinating subject. Well, for me any way. After some 30 years in military aviation I have always been fascinated by the subject of air disasters. This book is a good start off point if you wish to learn more on the subject. There are even a few that I never knew about. Cool.
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The absolute best book I've heard on aviation crashes
This is the best book I've listened to on aviation. It's compelling and interesting and thrilling. You won't be disappointed
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- Karen Anderson
- 10-04-20
Not in the industry
But my dad started flying aero planes in the 20s. After the war, my mom came home, got her pilot’s license and became a stew with American until she met and married my dad. Dad investigated crashes in the 60s and was a liaison with the pilot’s union and the FAA. His reason, he told his young daughter, was that so many crashes were blamed on ‘pilot error’ when, in fact, that might not have been the case at all. His passion was, whenever possible, clearing the names of his colleagues and finding the true cause of disasters. During his investigation of American flight 383 crash in northern KY, we children became fast friends of Toni Ketchell who was found wrapped around a tree. When a friend’s private plane went missing in Sault Saint Marie, dad taught me about EPIRB. I had his copy of Fate is the Hunter for many years, so many names underlined, so many notes in the margins. Like the author, dad always said the most dangerous part of flying is the drive to the airport.
I found this book riveting and fascinating, educational and enlightening, as a passenger and as the child of a crash detective. I will be listening again (and again and again)
The author’s recitation was compelling and so easy to listen to.
Thank you, Ms. Negroni.
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- Ferdinand Cesarano
- 01-21-23
Valuable expert analysis. Top-quality narration.
This book contains valuable analysis by a longstanding expert in the coverage of air disasters and near-disasters.
Also, the narration is superb. Listeners tend to adjust their expectations of a book narrated by its author, rather than by a professional voice actor or narrator. In this case you may throw away those lowered expectations, as the narration work here is of the highest quality.
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- David Schopfer
- 10-05-16
Interesting read
I'm fascinated by air crashes and this book shares many of them. Rather than organizing it by crash it is organized by mechanism or something else. It jumps around a bit because of this. But very interesting.
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- Basem Aggad
- 12-15-19
wholesome take on the intricacies of av safety
using flight MH340 as a platform, author deliver the rich content she prepared.
while the conclusions she offers on this flight are well motivated, I felt they were too assertive in the absence of facts about what actual happened.
Otherwise, informative and entertaining for both aviation community and beyond it especially when discussing the human factors.
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- Anonymous User
- 08-16-20
eye opening
like it very much and gave me many answers to questions I had concerning aviation.
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- Patrick
- 09-24-22
good info but scatterd style
I enjoyed the book, but the writing style was difficult to follow. the stories bounced around and made it hard to follow.
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- Andrew Oppel
- 10-10-22
Excellent Detail
I was familiar with many of the incidents the author covered from countless hours watching aviation-related documentaries. This book served to fill in many things I did not know about them, so the depth of the accounts was exactly what I was seeking.
Many authors are not great at narration, but this author's experience as an on-air aviation commentator gave her the skills required to expertly read the story while making it both interesting and entertaining.
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-09-22
Too many incorrect conclusions and dubious sources
The author clearly lacks the insight that an actual pilot will have.
She seems to draw her conclusions and then looks for a source, however outside of mainstream or even basic reasonableness, to justify them. Some of the sources she bases her arguments on are no better than internet conspiracy theories; others are just that.
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