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When a pilot sends a "mayday" message, it means there is serious trouble. Discover the fascinating, true tales of people who lived to tell about their own terrifying aeroplane disasters, and what they did to survive.

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Publié par	Capstone Global Library
Date de parution	02 avril 2020
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781474789530
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	7 Mo

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Sean McCollum

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Acknowledgements We would like to thank the following for permission to reproduce photographs: Alamy: Photo 12, 6, ROUSSEL BERNARD, 5, WorldFoto, 9, ZUMA Press, Inc, 37, 58; Associated Press: Ed Porter, 32, James Finley, 35, Jeff Bundy, 30, Steven Day, 57, The Sioux City Journal, Dawn J. Sagert, 29, Trela Media, 55; Getty Images: Bettmann, 25, John WarburtonLee, 10, Portland Press Herald, 15, TONY KARUMBA, 45; Newscom: Delphine Goldsztejn/ ZUMA Press, 46, Gary Anderson/Sioux City Journal/ZUMAPRESS, 27, Reg Innell/ Toronto Star/ZUMA Press, 18, Reg Innell/ZUMA Press, 20, SMG/ZUMA Press, 49; Science Source: CLAUS LUNAU, 52; Shutterstock: ClickHere, (smoke) Cover, Enrico Romiti, 38, IndianSummer, 23, Isaac Marzioli, (ink) design element throughout, Kamenetskiy Konstantin, (plane) Cover, MaxyM, 4, Miloje, (grunge) design element throughout, pavalena, 13, Serban Bogdan, 40, xpixel, (paper) design element throughout; Wikimedia: Aleks B., 43, Steve Fitzgerald, 17

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introduction4 ............................................ Lost in Alaska 6 Cessna 207 Skywagon ........................................ The Stowaway 16 Iberia Airlines Flight 904 .................................... The Plane that Couldn’t Steer 26 United Flight 232 ............................................... “La Miraculée” 38 Yemenia Flight 626............................................. Miracle on the Hudson US Airways Flight 1549 ......................................48

60 Glossary ........................................................... Find out more ....................................................61 62 Source notes ...................................................... Select bibliography ..................... .......63 ................ Index .................................................................64

introduction

Gettîng on an aîrcrat or the îrst tîme can be a îe-changîng experîence. Thîs seemîngy magîca machîne carrîes us thousands o metres above Earth whîe we sît în a chaîr and read a magazîne or watch a îm. ït can transport us across the country or around the word în a matter o hours. But ît’s not magîc. ït’s scîence. And rues, reguatîons and traînîng make yîng one o the saest orms o trave. Statîstîcs prove yîng în a pane îs much saer than traveîng în a car. ïn 2016, there were more than 800 mîîon aîr passengers în the Unîted States. There were 108 accîdents that kîed 29 peope. That same year more than 7 mîîon car accîdents were reported. They resuted în the deaths o 37,461 peope.

Most plane crashes involve small, private planes, not commercial jets.

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When an aîrcrat crashes or aces mîd-aîr danger, however, ît grabs the word’s attentîon. ït îs terrîyîng to thînk o somethîng goîng wrong so hîgh above Earth. Peope on the ground worry about those în danger, demandîng to know the detaîs. Peope want to know what happened and how we can make sure ît never happens agaîn. And perhaps we wonder how we woud react î we were on that pane. Woud we cry out? Hod the hand o a stranger? Pray? ï we are ortunate, we wî never have to know. Here are îve breathtakîng and heart-rendîng avîatîon survîva storîes: our harrowîng crashes and one teenage stowaway. They hîghîght the experîences, courage and heroîsm o peope as they ace the most terrîyîng moments o theîr îves – and hope to îve to see another day.

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