Fire & Rain
A Tragedy in American Aviation
Chandler, Jerome Greer
0n the blistering afternoon of Aupst 2, 1985, Delta Airlines flight 191 crashed at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, killing 137 people and affeeting countless lives throughout the United States. Fire & Rain probes the dynamics of that disaster in technological, political, and personal perspectives.
During 1985 more than two thousand people died in commercial aviation crashes, making it the worst statistical year for airline fatalities on record. The story of the crash of flight 191 is told through the experiences of survivors, victims' families, emergency medical personnel, lawyers, insurance representatives, morticians, ministers, and many others to whom the disaster had immediate and long-term consequences.
Aviation experts were not surprised to find that wind shear was the cause of the crash and know that there is technology available today to counter this deadly natural phenomenon. Chandler chronicles the federal government's halfhearted efforts to protect the flying public and explores the maze of regulations that promote flying while at the same time do little to ensure the safety of the public. His behind-the-scenes look at the embattled air traffic control System asks compelling questions about the future of air travel.
Jerome Chandler was in Dallas on that fateful August evening and rushed to the crash site to report the disaster for Time. He wrote Fire & Rain to explain the events and to show the terrible human cost involved, and in the hope that future air tragedies will be averted.
Hardcover with dust jacket
162 Seiten / pages
photos and illustrations
good condition
Austin, Texas - 1986 - Texas Monthly Press
Art.Nr. 13607
