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35 miles from shore : the ditching and rescue of ALM flight 980 / / Emilio Corsetti III



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Autore: Corsetti Emilio Visualizza persona
Titolo: 35 miles from shore : the ditching and rescue of ALM flight 980 / / Emilio Corsetti III Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Lake St. Louis, Mo., : Odyssey Pub., 2008
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (350 p.)
Disciplina: 362.12/465
363.12409729
Soggetto topico: Aircraft accidents - Investigation - Virgin Islands of the United States
Survival
Aircraft accidents - Caribbean Sea
ALM Flight 980 Crash, 1970
Shipwreck survival
Survival at sea
Airplane crash survival
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di contenuto: Passengers & Crew; Rescuers; Investigators, Airline Personnel, and Other Interested Parties; Abbreviations; Prologue; Part One: PREFLIGHT; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Part Two: LAST FLIGHT OF THE CARIB QUEEN; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Chapter 14; Chapter 15; Chapter 16; Chapter 17; Chapter 18; Chapter 19; Chapter 20; Chapter 21; Chapter 22; Chapter 23; Part Three: POSTFLIGHT; Chapter 24; Chapter 25; Chapter 26; Chapter 27; Chapter 28; Chapter 29; Epilogue; Endnotes; Sources; Credits; Acknowledgments
About the Author
Sommario/riassunto: 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. This gripping account of that fateful day recounts what was happening inside the cabin, the cockpit, and the helicopters as t
Titolo autorizzato: 35 miles from shore  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-9778971-4-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910827149103321
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