THE TOMBSTONE IMPERATIVE - THE TRUTH ABOUT AIR SAFETY
Written by Andrew Weir
Published by Simon & Schuster Uk Ltd
in 1999
ISBN: 0684819937
THE TOMBSTONE IMPERATIVE - THE TRUTH ABOUT AIR SAFETY
Written by Andrew Weir.
Stock no. 1320215
1st.
1999.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A groundbreaking investigation into passenger aircraft safety. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 337 numbered pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0684819937. Spine bumped, affecting book and dustwrapper. Dustwrapper spine faded.
Front cover
Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Why planes crash
- 2. What happens to a plane in a crash
- 3. Fire and survival
- 4. Survivors
- 5. Don't shoot the pilot: The human factor in flight
- 6. Who needs pilots?
- 7. Other humans' errors
- 8. Investigators and regulators
- 9. The Tombstone Imperative
- 10. How to decide where not to go and how not to get there
- Glossary
- Notes
- Index