Aviation Disasters: The World's Major Civil Airliner Crashes Since 1950

Flying as an airline passenger is, statistically, one of the safest forms of travel. Even so, the history of civil aviation is littered with high profile disasters involving major loss of life. This new edition of the authoritative work on the subject brings the grim but important story of air disas [...]
Visa längre beskrivning

Flying as an airline passenger is, statistically, one of the safest forms of travel. Even so, the history of civil aviation is littered with high profile disasters involving major loss of life. This new edition of the authoritative work on the subject brings the grim but important story of air disasters right up to date. David Gero assembles a list of major air disasters since the 1950s across continents. He investigates every type of calamity, including those caused by appalling weather, mechanical failure, pilot error, inhospitable terrain and hostile action. Aviation Disasters is the authoritative record of air disasters worldwide.