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Author
Series
Ian Ludlow novels volume 1
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a passenger jet crashes onto the beaches of Waikiki, bestselling thriller writer Ian Ludlow knows the horrific tragedy wasn't an accident. Years before, the CIA enlisted Ian to dream up terrorism scenarios to prepare the government for nightmares they couldn't imagine. Now one of those schemes has come true, and Ian is the only person alive who knows how it was done ... and who is behind the plot. That makes him too dangerous to live. Ian goes...
85) Air crashes
Author
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Explores such aircraft tragedies as the Hindenberg, TWA flight 800, and United flight 232, and looks at how we can improve airline safety.
Author
Publisher
W Publishing Group, an imprint of Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Nerves of Steel is the captivating true story of Tammie Jo Shults's remarkable life--from growing up the daughter of a humble rancher, to breaking through gender barriers as one of the Navy's first female F/A-18 Hornet pilots, to safely landing the severely crippled Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 and helping save the lives of 148 people.
Author
Series
Publisher
Wheeler Publishing, A part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In 1959 Tibet, a Buddhist artifact of immense importance was seemingly lost to history in the turmoil of the Communist takeover. But when National Underwater and Marine Agency Director Dirk Pitt discovers a forgotten plane crash in the Philippine Sea over 60 years later, new clues emerge to its hidden existence. But Pitt and his compatriot Al Giordino have larger worries when they are ordered to recover a failed hypersonic missile from Luzon Strait....
90) Air disasters
Author
Series
Publisher
Rosen Central
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Looks at the science of air crashes and disasters, highlighting such major instances as 9/11 and TWA Flight 800.
91) We are Marshall
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Formats
Description
The inspiring story of how a small town in West Virginia, steeped in the rich tradition of college football, struggled to cope with a devastating loss and restore their community after one of the worst disasters in the history of American sports. On the evening of Saturday, November 14, 1970, a chartered jet carrying Marshall University's football team, coaches and fans, was on its way home from a hard-fought game in North Carolina. Less than a minute...
Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
After a CIA covert mission goes badly awry, U.S. Air Force intelligence officer Nicholas Flynn is exiled to guard a remote radar post along Alaska's Arctic frontier. This dead-end assignment is designed to put his career permanently on ice, but Flynn's not the type to fade quietly into obscurity. So when Russia and the U.S. square off on the brink of all-out-war, it's up to Nick to find a missing bomber and prevent a potential nuclear holocaust.
93) Plane crashes
Author
Publisher
Bell Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c1981
Language
English
Description
Describes and pictures forty disastrous airplane crashes which made headlines between 1930 and 1980.
96) Lost in the wild
Publisher
First Look Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
When a plane carrying doctors and nurses crashes in the jungles of Mexico, it's a race against time to save the lives of their injured colleagues. Against all odds, these incredible individuals fight to survive and find new meaning in their profession.
97) The grey
Publisher
Eone
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
After their plane crashes into the remote Alaskan wilderness, a roughneck group of oil drillers is forced to find a way back to civilization. As Ottway leads the injured survivors through the brutal snow and ice, they are relentlessly tracked by a vicious pack of rogue wolves that will do anything to defend their territory. Adrenaline-fueled, action-packed and loaded with some of the most intense and brutally realistic attack scenes ever filmed.
Author
Series
Publisher
Hachette Audio
Pub. Date
p2010
Language
English
Description
When he is ambushed in Indonesia, Bourne fakes his death in an attempt to discover his enemy's true identity. Meanwhile, an American jet is shot down over Egypt, apparently by an Iranian missile. Soraya Moore is tasked with handling the situation. However, when Bourne's search coincides with Moore's mission, they team up to take down a common enemy.
Author
Series
Color of heaven volume 11
Publisher
Julianne MacLean
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Having spent a lifetime in competition with his older brother Aaron--who always seemed to get the girl--Jack Peterson leaves the U.S. to become a foreign correspondent in the Middle East. Whenroadsideide bomb forces him to return home to recover from his wounds, he quickly becomes the most celebrated journalist on television, and is awarded his own prime time news program. Now, wealthy and successful beyond his wildest dreams, Jack believes he has...