Includes bibliographical references and indexĪccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 10:01:02 Autocrop_version 0.0.14_books-20220331-0.2 Bookplateleaf 0002 Boxid IA40598709 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier An unforgettable drama of the triumph of heroism over tragedy and human ingenuity over technological breakdown, Flight 232 is a masterpiece in the tradition of the greatest aviation stories ever told Ultimately he takes us, step by step, through the gripping scientific detective work in super-secret labs to dive into the heart of a flaw smaller than a grain of rice that shows what brought the aircraft down. He plumbs the hearts and minds of passengers as they pray, bargain with God, plot their strategies for survival, and sacrifice themselves to save others. Drawing on interviews with hundreds of survivors, crew, and airport and rescue personnel, Laurence Gonzales, a commercial pilot himself, captures, minute by minute, the harrowing journey of pilots flying a plane with no controls and flight attendants keeping their calm in the face of certain death.

No one has ever attempted the complete reconstruction of a crash of this magnitude. Miraculously, 184 of 296 passengers lived. And then people began emerging from the summer corn that lined the runways. The rescuers didn't move at first: nobody could possibly survive that crash. The plane slammed onto the runway and burst into a vast fireball. As hundreds of rescue workers waited on the ground, United Airlines Flight 232 wallowed drunkenly over the bluffs northwest of Sioux City.

Flight 232 by Laurence Gonzales