"As a pilot, I often marvel at how well it works.
It's no mean challenge to make it all come out even
on the designated runway ahead. It takes a measure
of skill and judgment on the part of the pilot, to
say nothing of the correct decisions that must be
made along the way. But sometime it doesn't work."
-Richard L. Collins
Product Description:
What went wrong, why, and what can be done about
it--this book examines the aviation accident scene.
While no form of transportation is risk-free,
Collins finds there are more opportunities to manage
risks in aviation than in any other area. A major
contribution to the understanding of why airplanes
crash, to help pilots learn from past mistakes and
avoid repeating them. Wind shear, collisions, pilot
error and more are explored through eyewitness
accounts, cockpit transcripts and NTSB reports. Hard
cover, 236 pages, indexed.
