Flight 232 : a story of disaster and survival
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New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2014].
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9780393240023, 0393240029
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Published
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2014].
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Book
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viii, 415 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
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English
ISBN
9780393240023, 0393240029

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

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Gonzales, L. (2014). Flight 232: a story of disaster and survival (First edition.). W.W. Norton & Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Gonzales, Laurence, 1947-. 2014. Flight 232: A Story of Disaster and Survival. W.W. Norton & Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Gonzales, Laurence, 1947-. Flight 232: A Story of Disaster and Survival W.W. Norton & Company, 2014.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Gonzales, Laurence. Flight 232: A Story of Disaster and Survival First edition., W.W. Norton & Company, 2014.

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