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AIR CRASHES AND MIRACLE LANDINGS -- Sixty Narratives [Kindle Edition]

Christopher Bartlett
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Got it. Read it. Want more.
I think the book is excellent--interestingly presented and gripping to read.
----Phillip Knightley, author and prize-winning journalist

Sets out to answer how and why accidents happened. All are catalogued in detail and make very interesting reading.
--AEROPLANE Magazine, September 2010

Reads beautifully, with excellent and clear expression avoiding tiresome cliches that unfortunately so often mar books on this fascinating subject.
--Macarthur Job OAM Aviation Writer and Air Safety Consultant

Covers a good breadth of common terms and history in a form that is easy to read and to digest.
--Martin Downes, The Aerospace Professional published by the Royal Aeronautical Society, March 2011

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Sixty fascinating narratives
ranging from the disappearance of Amelia Earhart
to 9/11 to Air France AF447
(essential background knowledge for flyers)

Shows how intriguing air accident investigation can be with many lessons for those passionately interested in aviation:

The accurate details the author painstakingly assembled make it a truly valuable reference for all the "classic" international jet accidents. It reads beautifully, with excellent and clear expression avoiding the tiresome clichés that unfortunately so often mar a book on this fascinating subject.
-- Macarthur Job OAM, Aviation Writer and Air Safety Consultant

Like detective stories, this compendium of incidents—interestingly presented according to type of incident—also appeals to a wider public:

I got AIR CRASHES AND MIRACLE LANDINGS for my brother-in-law. He works in the aviation industry and said it was great. My sister isn't, and has never shown any interest in such things, and even she liked it. Who'd have thought?! A great “What did it?”
-- K.M. Wakefield, 5-star Review on Amazon UK.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 845 KB
  • Print Length: 370 pages
  • Publisher: OpenHatch Books (17 July 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B005D5Y68Y
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #99,911 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
I have the Kindle version of this book.

It is a broad survey of all the major air crashes from the last 50 years, plus a few I didn't know about. Having such a wide scope means that it is not a book for in-depth research, although the author does have a knack for bringing out the key points well.

HOWEVER, as another reviewer has stated, the author is quite opinionated. This can be a good thing but, in addition, the book has MANY writing errors. This makes the book seem amateurish and therefore not as convincing as it could have been.

I seriously wonder whether or not this book has been proof-read before publication?

Still, the Kindle price is worth it, although I would have been disappointed to buy a paper copy at the higher price.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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I am sorry to say that I have little good to say about this book. Right from the start, the author's rather abrasive and opinionated style put me off: he is no fan of pilots as a breed (referring in one case to "our "hero""). The pilot who ditched into the Hudson River is given reluctant praise - it was his job after all, and the ditching was pretty easy. And anyway, he was saving himself as well.

The text is peppered with mistakes; the diagrams are poor; a bulletted list is left incomplete; a diagram is referred to but is missing; United Airlines changes its flight code to "AA"; the Manchester incident "just described" is in the following chapter etc. On top of that, you are supposed to buy the glossary as a separate book - what a cheat.

Personally, I don't think the tabloid style goes with the subject matter.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Friday afternoon job 12 Oct 2010
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This otherwise good book has been ruined by poor editing. The whole book is riddled with mistakes, which are easy to ignore at first, but eventually become tiresome. Was it ever proof-read? - Or just rushed out to make a fast buck. Wait and see whether they bring out a new, corrected version - And then buy it.
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