| Cleared for Disaster: Ireland's Most Horrific Air Crashes Contributor(s): O'Toole, Michael (Author), Coogan, Tim Pat (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1856355101 ISBN-13: 9781856355100 Publisher: Mercier Press OUR PRICE: $17.95 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2006 Annotation: Explores the mysteries and stories behind the most notorious air crashes in Ireland. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Ireland |
| Dewey: 941 |
| LCCN: 2006491945 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5" W x 8" (0.64 lbs) 264 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Ireland |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Explores the mysteries and stories behind the most notorious air crashes in Ireland. In those rare instances when things do go seriously wrong in flight, the results are usually horrific. We in Ireland have had a number of unfortunate and, in some cases, unexplained incidents, with deadly results. Why did the survivors of a KLM flight spend hours fighting for their lives in the Shannon mudflats while they waited for help which never came from the airport just minutes away? What really downed the Aer Lingus Viscount at Tusker Rock? Was the US Globemaster which vanished off the Irish coast really carrying an atom bomb? In a painstakingly researched book, aviation writer Michael O'Toole explores the causes, traces the lives, tragedies, skill, bravery, heroism and possible human error involved in some of our mysterious air disasters. |