aircraft accidents

Presents a collection of stories about people surviving plan crashes; including accidents in the wilderness and the Andes, Lynyrd Skynyrd's airplane crash, and military wrecks. Includes glossary and list of resources.

Explores unsolved mysteries of the air and sea, sharing accounts of the disappearances of Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan, the loss of the French plane "White Bird," and the abandonment of the ship "Mary Celeste" in 1872, and offers theories about what might have happened to these people and their vessels.

Looks at the mystery surrounding the Bermuda Triangle, an area in Atlantic Ocean where ships and plane are reported to have disappeared, most famously a group of five military planes that became lost shortly after leaving Florida on December 5, 1945, never to be heard from again. Presented in graphic novel form.

Provides information about the "Hindenburg" through the fictional description of the experiences of a German mechanic who is hired to work and travel on the airship.

Rafael Silva and his children are on a small plane headed toward California when the plane is struck by lightning, and the pilot is able to land the aircraft in the desert.

Describes the last voyage of the zeppelin, or airship, Hindenburg, which crashed in flames on a New Jersey airfield in 1937, and examines some possible causes for the disaster.

Airline pilot Captain "Sully" Sullenberger tells his life story, including his perspective on the emergency landing on the Hudson River that earned him the world's admiration, and offers insight into the essential qualities that he believes have been vital to his success.

Tavia Michaels starts having visions of a boy she never met after a plane crash, which took the lives of her parents, and becomes torn between the boy and her best friend and longtime crush, Benson, as she uncovers details about the accident and realizes she may have been the intended victim.

Describes the ordeal of the survivors of an airplane crash in 1972 in the Andes wilderness in which over half of the forty-five passengers died, discussing the challenges the men faced during their ten weeks in the shelter of the plane's fuselage without supplies and with little hope of rescue.

Chronicles the efforts of the military, scientists, archaeologists, and deep-sea divers to locate an American bomber which vanished in the fall on 1944 near the Pacific islands of Palau carrying eleven men; and discusses how the men's missing-in-action status affected their families.