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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455838003321

Autore

Cobb Roger W

Titolo

The plane truth [[electronic resource] ] : airline crashes, the media, and transportation policy / / Roger W. Cobb and David W. Primo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2003

ISBN

0-8157-7197-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (219 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PrimoDavid M

Disciplina

363.12/46/0973

Soggetti

Aircraft accidents

Transportation accidents

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Plane crashes and public policy -- After the crash -- Death in the skies in the 1990's -- The crash of USAir flight 427 -- The crash of ValuJet flight 592 -- The crash of TWA flight 800 -- Plane crashes after September 11 -- Safety and symbolism in aviation politics.