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The last nine minutes

the story of Flight 981
1976
Flight 981 took off from Paris and crashed nine minutes later. It was the first crash of a fully loaded wide body jet and the largest air disaster in aviation history.

Our plane is down

a novel
2004
After surviving a plane crash in northern British Columbia, Cal uses his wilderness skills to find his way out of the woods in order to bring help back and save his sister and the pilot before it is too late.

Crazy for the storm

a memoir of survival
2009
A memoir discussing the author's upbringing as a young sportsman and tragic experience in a plane crash with his father, father's girlfriend, and pilot at the age of eleven, covering his lone survival of the crash and harsh conditions.

Airframe

a novel
2011
A lethal mid-air disaster aboard a commercial twinjet airliner bound from Hong Kong to Denver triggers a pressured and frantic investigation.

Plane crash

true stories of survival
2007
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.

Air & sea mysteries

2008
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.

The Bermuda Triangle

the disappearance of Flight 19
2007
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.

You wouldn't want to be on the Hindenburg!

a transatlantic trip you'd rather skip
2009
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.

Crash

2011
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.

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