Recording the final moments of any in-flight accident, the "black box" often provides the only explanation of a crash. Inevitably, it provides a heart-breaking, second-by-second account of intense fear tempered on occasion by remarkable professionalism. The 1984 title has been completely updated to include twenty-eight new incidents. Some are famous, like the 1996 ValuJet crash in the Everglades and the ill-fated launch of the space shuttle Challenger; other disasters range from commuter prop aircraft to a pair of Air Force planes. Few have ever been revealed in their entirety and each is absolutely gripping. Whenever possible, MacPherson has added weather notes and descriptions of events in the cockpit and cabin, heightening our vivid sense of being there during the final terrifying moments of a doomed flight. "...an undeniably compelling work." (New York Times Book Review)
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