35 Miles from Shore: The Ditching and Rescue of ALM Flight 980
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.92 (986 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0977897109 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 321 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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How the fifty-seven passengers survived for an hour and a half in the shark-infested waters until the Coast Guard, Marines, and Navy arrived to the rescue, is harrowingly told here." Karl Helicher Foreward magazine"Corsetti weaves a story of an airplane type pushed to the edge of its performance limits on a non-stop route between New York and St. On May 2, 1970, ALM Flight 980 from New York to St. Maarten was forced to land in the rain-swollen Caribbean, where it floated for ten minutes before sinking in deep waters. Maarten; confusion in emergency protocols, a non-functioning PA system, and a possibly faulty fuel totalizer, all of which combin
This gripping account of that fateful day recounts what was happening inside the cabin, the cockpit, and the helicopters as the crews struggled against the weather and dwindling daylight to rescue the survivors who have only their life vests and a lone escape chute to keep them afloat."Mr. On May 2, 1970, a DC-9 jet with 57 passengers and a crew of six departed New York's JFK International Airport en route to the tropical island of St. Maarten. His description of the aftermath of the crash, the anguish of the survivors after the ditching, brought the reader right into the midst of the action." William Phenn Readersviews. It was, and remains, the only open-water ditching of a commercial jet. Corsetti left no stone unturned in his detailed bo
"A Fiction Reader Learns that Non-Fiction Can be Interesting Too" according to C. Jandreau. I'm not generally a non-fiction reader. I much prefer crime thrillers and Stephen King novels, and the occasional biography (which, let's face it, isn't always 100% non-fiction). However, when I started to read A Fiction Reader Learns that Non-Fiction Can be Interesting Too I'm not generally a non-fiction reader. I much prefer crime thrillers and Stephen King novels, and the occasional biography (which, let's face it, isn't always 100% non-fiction). However, when I started to read 35 Miles From Shore, I was immediately sucked in. The book tells the story o. 5 Miles From Shore, I was immediately sucked in. The book tells the story o. A Masterful Account Of A Needless Tragedy In "35 Miles From Shore" Emilio Corsetti III, himself a professional pilot, shows why professional accident investigators talk in terms of a "chain of events." This accident had numerous links in its chain, any of which could have been broken by different people at different times.ALM F. al wazlak said Three Stars. Good enough quick read