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PLANE CRASH: THE MYSTERIES OF MAJOR AIR DISASTERS AND HOW THEY WERE SOLVED
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Author: Clayton & K S Knight
Publisher: Elek Books
Year published: 1958
Pagination: 213pp illustrations
Dustjacket rubbed and worn but complete. previous owner name on endpaper. Front 2 pages detaching but present. The first passenger fatality in aviation was in 1908 - a lieutenant in the US Army was killed in a Wright plane crash. This book examines some of the most sensational crashes in the half century since this happened. They include the North east Airlines crash in 1957 at Rijkers Island, bombing hazards, mechanical faults and fire hazards in flight.