Aviation Disasters (1852603798)

Aviation Disasters (1852603798)

The World's Major Civil Airliner Crashes since 1950

Flying as an airline passenger is, statistically, one of the safest forms of travel. Even so, the history of civil aviation is littered with high-profile disasters involving major loss of life. This edition of the authoritative work on the subject brings the grim but important story of air disasters up to the 1990s. David Gero assembles a list of major air disasters since the 1950s across continents. He investigates every type of calamity, including those caused by appalling weather, mechanical failure, pilot error, inhospitable terrain and hostile action. (Published: 1993) (Publisher: Patrick Stephens)  Author: David Gero - hard cover - 224 pages