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Summary: stopped a friend from getting on a plane!
Review: You're not going to buy this book by accident. It's black box recordings of doomed flights. If you're interested in knowing what happens in the final moments of an airline disaster, of seeing part of the human drama as well as the resolve of a skilled crew working to the very end, this is something for you. It can be creepy, but there's an insight into these events that the news can't capture often. The transcripts, which usually pick up right before the real disaster begins (an engine going, etc) are presented with a little bit of backstory and commentary. There is not a lot of technical info to assist a reader unfamiliar with the flight crew's jargon and not enough information about each of the 28 flights (some of them near-misses) chronicled. As another reviewer noted, there is no indication of time in the transcripts to more fully reveal how the events unfolded. In the end it's fascinating to find these collected here; many of the tapes having never been reproduced. I'd recommend it if you think you might like it. Some people might think you're disturbed if they see you reading this, but that shouldn't stop you. Again, it's not very technical, and basically focuses on just the transcripts, but it's in a niche market...
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