aircraft accidents

Using a motorized glider, Yossi Leshem, an Israeli bird expert, can stay aloft among bird flocks for eleven hours as they migrate. Analyzes the changing ecological and cultural conditions among the birds as they fly and contains unique and colorful bird photographs.

A charter plane crash on a deserted island forces a disparate group of teenagers to bury their petty jealousies and cooperate in an attempt to survive.

Following a series of plane crashes and passenger deaths a frenzied high pressure investigation is ordered with some surprising results.

Explores such aircraft tragedies as the Hindenberg, TWA flight 800, and United flight 232, and looks at how we can improve airline safety.

Describes the development and early flights of airships and the disastrous crash of the Hindenburg at an airfield in New Jersey in 1937.

Describes the development and early flights of airships and the disastrous crash of the Hindenburg at an airfield in New Jersey in 1937.

Describes the explosion that caused TWA Flight 800 to break apart in midair, killing 230 people on July 17, 1996, and examines some possible causes for the disaster.

Examines the events surrounding the 1937 disaster of the German airship Hindenburg, and describes the aircraft's features and major flaws, its destination at Lakehurst, New Jersey, and other important dates and people.

When the U.S. secretary of state's plane crashes en route to a summit meeting in Libya, the CIA hires pirate Juan Cabrillo and his crew to look for her, and when the crew of the "Oregon" discovers plans that are connected to centuries-old Islamic scrolls, they are thrown into a crucial naval battle against terrorists.

Presents accounts of five of the world's worst air disasters, each with a time line, photographs, and definitions of key terms.