Book: Flight 427 This study of the Boeing 737 airliner focuses on US Airways Flight 427, which crashed in March 1994, near Pittsburgh, killing all 132 aboard. The author relates how that crash kicked off years of painstaking research by the NTSB, the FAA, and Boeing that finally uncovered a minor, yet lethal flaw that had been designed into the aircraft.
Boeing's 737 is indisputably the most popular and arguably the safest commercial airliner in the world. But the plane had a lethal flaw, and only after several disastrous crashes and years of painstaking investigation was the mystery of its rudder failure solved. This book tells the story of how engineers and scientists finally uncovered the defect that had been engineered into the plane.
Details of Book: Flight 427 Book: Flight 427
Author: Gerry Byrne
ISBN: 038795256X
ISBN-13: 9780387952567
, 978-0387952567
Binding: Hardcover
Publishing Date: 01072002
Publisher: Springer
Number of Pages: 316
Language: English