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Thirty Seconds to Impact by Peter Burkill and Maria Burkill (2010, Trade Paperback)

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Coming in to Heathrow Airport, the plane suffered inexplicable loss of power to both engines, and it was suddenly likely that the plane would plough into a built-up area outside the airport, with the loss of all lives on board.

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PublisherAuthorhouse

ISBN-101449088589

ISBN-139781449088583

eBay Product ID (ePID)27046616726

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Book TitleThirty Seconds to Impact

Number of Pages340 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2010

TopicAviation / General, General, Aeronautics & Astronautics

IllustratorYes

GenreFamily & Relationships, Technology & Engineering, Biography & Autobiography, Transportation

AuthorPeter Burkill, Maria Burkill

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight1.9 oz.

Item Length0.3 in

Item Width0.2 in

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by spitfire025
14 Oct, 2022
A good read but lacking technical detail.
I am passionately interested in all subjects aviation and I remember this incident well: it was a major thing to have a British Airways passenger jet crash at Heathrow. This book, by Peter Burkill and his wife Maria, tells the story of the social aftermath of the crash and how it affected them: it would seem that Peter's employers didn't treat him as well as they should have done, leaving him and his wife hurt and out of pocket in a big way. The comparison is made with the treatment of the flight crew of US Airways flight 1549 after it was brought down in the Hudson river. What I found lacking in this book was technical detail about the cause of the crash: there is a brief explanation about icing of the aircraft's fuel but nothing about how it was discovered or the official enquiry into this. Other than that it was a good read and it kept up late for a few nights.
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