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  • Why Planes Crash Case Files: 2001-2003

  • By: Sylvia Wrigley
  • Narrated by: Charlie Boswell
  • Length: 13 hrs and 14 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (14 ratings)
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Summary

This riveting series goes beyond the news clips and investigates the most harrowing and inexplicable plane crashes from 2001 to 2003. Appearing for the first time in a bundle, this book contains 33 incidents and accidents from the series so far. Please note that this is a compilation of the existing three books and does not include new content. Every chapter features a detailed walk-through of a real-life air emergency. The author combines official investigation reports and modern media coverage, as well as cockpit and ATC transcripts to take the listener through these accidents and near misses. 

Why Planes Crash offers an exciting and compelling look at the critical moments which define an aviation accident, explaining both the how and the why of catastrophic accidents in modern times. From disintegrating airliners to in-flight suicide to maintenance shortcuts, the author looks critically into each factor that might have lead to the crash. Her investigations and deep insight aim to make the listener into a witness to the investigation, and, yet, it is comprehensive enough for anyone with no aviation knowledge to understand.

“For those aviation enthusiasts that wish to delve beyond the sensationalist headlines on aviation accidents Sylvia Spruck Wrigley's Why Planes Crash will satisfy their needs. Informative, critical and insightful.” (Hal Stoen, Stoenworks Aviation)

“The author has done a remarkable job in not only researching the evidence of the accidents she covers and in putting across the problems of an investigation, but she has managed to do this in a way that will interest and appeal to a wide range of readers.” (John Farley Obe, author of View from the Hover)

©2013 Sylvia Wrigley (P)2018 Sylvia Wrigley
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Interesting for plane enthusiasts

I found it very interesting to listen to these accounts of mishaps on my daily commute, the only disappointment is the Narrator. He...pauses randomly during his....sentences which...is distracting. I’m not sure the narrator understands aviation terminology either as he pronounces things incorrectly. Although it is amusing listening to him pronounce British cities and impersonating the occasional alarm sound. (Whoop whoop)

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