![]() ![]() "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. Bill Adair, an award-winning journalist, was granted special access. Army Combined Arms Research Lib., Fort Leavenworth, KSĬopyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. The subsequent investigation was a maze of politics, bizarre theories, and shrouded answers. Recommended for aeronautics, public policy, and journalism collections. ![]() His examination of the behind-the-scenes work that shapes airline safety policy is detailed and absorbing. He dissects the enormously complicated investigation and ably explains the many competing issues that make aircraft disasters so difficult to bring to closure. Petersburg Times, closely follows the investigation as it creates and discards hundreds of theories, from bird impact to Mafia assassination. Each party had its own agenda, and orchestrating the many voices over a lengthy and frustrating investigation was difficult. ![]() While NTSB, the FAA, Boeing, the pilots' union, and the airline pursued the engineering issues, survivors and lawyers pursued the personal need for closure, revenge, and compensation. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators worked for five years to determine the cause. In 1994, a Boeing 737 operated by USAir suddenly and inexplicably nosed over and went into an uncontrollable dive. ![]()
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