The Crash of Piedmont Airlines Flight 22: Completing the Record of the 1967 Midair Collision Near Hendersonville, North Carolina
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| Rating | : | 4.89 (667 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 147666224X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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Against a backdrop of inadequate funding, misplaced priorities and a lack of manpower, American commercial aviation in the 1960s was in a perilous state. This book reveals the true story of the investigation: what was left out and why.. The investigative team was made up of individuals whose companies had certain interests in the outcome. In an effort to shift blame from the government and Piedmont, critical conversations recorded on tape never made it into the NTSB's report. Congress called hearings on aviation safety and government and union officials pressured President Lyndon Johnson to request increased funding for aviation safety. The lead investigator was the brother of the vice president of Piedmont Airlines. In July 1967, when a Piedmont Airlines Boeing 727 collided with a Cessna 310 over Hendersonville, North Carolina, killing 82 people, the industry was in crisis. But the National Transportation Safety Board's probe into the crash was flawed from the start. Maintenance and training records, as well as industry wa
He lives in Chesnee, South Carolina. Houle is a former traffic accident investigator with the United States Army. His work in the field of transportation has spanned a couple of decades. About the AuthorPaul D.
BeachyCwby said More of a political slam than a story of human tragedy. I was expecting more stories about the people on the planes, the famlies involved, the local reaction to it, stories of emergency responders and the aftermath of all involved. This book was more of a political slam LBJ, the Federal bureaucracy (although factual) and it it particularly pointed out the Captian the Piedmont plane to be a villain; the author kept on making the point that the turn to the VOR was begun below the departure minimum. There wer. "Interesting and Informative Air Crash History" according to Cathy. Air crashes terrify many fliers, but remarkably few stick in public consciousness, typically fading away quickly. This was particularly true in the 1967 case of Piedmont Airlines Flight 22, which collided with a Cessna in Hendersonville, NC. The investigation of a crash that owed its occurrence to flawed industry practices was swept aside by political events and the Vietnam War.The author writes with an informative, matter-of-fact style, with no sense. A Crash We Learned From On May 19, 2016 EgyptAir Flight MS80A Crash We Learned From Pete Andrews On May 19, 2016 EgyptAir Flight MS804 disappeared from radar over the Mediterranean Sea. While the news of the disappearance was still scant, theories on how the airliner and all souls on board met their end buzzed about the airwaves and along the internet at a rapid pace. The fact that the plane was operated by a state-owned airline in a Middle Eastern country with an unstable government prompted one noted air disaster expert to speculate that the in. disappeared from radar over the Mediterranean Sea. While the news of the disappearance was still scant, theories on how the airliner and all souls on board met their end buzzed about the airwaves and along the internet at a rapid pace. The fact that the plane was operated by a state-owned airline in a Middle Eastern country with an unstable government prompted one noted air disaster expert to speculate that the in
. Paul D. He lives in Chesnee, South Carolina. His work in the field of transportation has spanned a couple of decades. Houle is a former traffic accident investigator with the United States Army