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02200aam a2200373 i 4500 001 47771EA44DCE11E89F5D1D5C97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180502010046 008 170518t20182018mdua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2017021044 020 $a 1421424487 020 $a 9781421424484 035 $a (OCoLC)988580725 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d MNW $d YDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a TL553.5 $b .B5222 2018 082 00 $a 363.12/465 $2 23 100 1 $a Bibel, G. D. $q (George D.), $e author. 245 10 $a Plane crash : $b the forensics of aviation disasters / $c George Bibel and Robert Hedges. 264 1 $a Baltimore : $b Johns Hopkins University Press, $c 2018. 300 $a xi, 312 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a Plane Crash, an unprecedented collaboration between mechanical engineering professor George Bibel and airline Captain Robert Hedges, shares the riveting stories of both high-profile and lesser-known airplane accidents. Drawing on accident reports, eyewitness accounts, and simple diagrams to explain what went wrong in the plane and in the cockpit. Hedges provides invaluable insight into aviation human factors, while Bibel analyzes mechanical failures. No prior scientific knowledge is needed to understand the principles and procedures this book describes, only an interest in the view from what Captain Hedges describes as 'the best seat in the house."--book jacket. 505 0 $a Takeoff! -- Takeoff (never mind!) -- Controlling the plane -- Vanished! -- Practice makes perfect -- Turbulence -- The 168-ton glider -- Approach -- Landing. 650 0 $a Aircraft accidents $x Investigation. 650 0 $a Aircraft accidents $v Case studies. 650 7 $a Aircraft accidents. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00802778 650 7 $a Aircraft accidents $x Investigation. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00802785 655 7 $a Case studies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423765 700 1 $a Hedges, Robert, $d 1964- $e author. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20230405012650.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=47771EA44DCE11E89F5D1D5C97128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search