Bibliograph

Plane crash, Nicola Barber

Type

Label

Plane crash, Nicola Barber

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Plane crash

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

708357656

Responsibility statement

Nicola Barber

Series statement

Emergency

Summary

Explores history's worst air disasters, including the runway collision at Tenerife and the September 11 terrorist attacks, and investigates both the emergency response and lessons to be learned from each example

Table Of Contents

The first crash -- After a crash -- Emergency in the Empire State, 1945 -- Collision over the Grand Canyon, 1956 -- Munich, 1958 -- Collision at Tenerife, 1977 -- Tenerife : the aftermath -- Plunge into the Potomac, 1982 -- Potomac : emergency response -- Day of terror, 2001 -- Day of terror : the consequences -- Mystery of flight 447, 2009 -- Learning from the past

Target audience

juvenile

Classification