Air Disasters
- ISBN-10
- 0711015856
- ISBN-13
- 9780711015852
- Series
- Air Disasters
- Category
- Technology & Engineering / Aeronautics & Astronautics
- Pages
- 239
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1986
- Publisher
- Ian Allan
- Author
- Stanley Stewart
Description
Reprint of a 1986 title in softback records twelve of the most significant air disasters during the last fifty years, from the crash of the R-101 airship in 1930 to the two 747 disasters of 1985 - the Japan Air Lines crash near Tokyo and the Air India flight disappearance off the Irish coast. Many maps and drawings.
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