The Crash Detectives

Posted on 03 June 2017 by Christine Negroni

Negroni is a talented aviation journalist who clearly understands the critically important part the human factor plays in aviation safety Captain Chesley Sully Sullenberger, pilot of US Airways 1549, the Miracle on the HudsonOne of The Wall Street Journal s 3 Books Every Geek Should Read This Fall A fascinating exploration of how humans and machines fail leading to air disasters from Amelia Earhart to MH370 and how the lessons learned from these accidents have made flying safer.In The Crash Detectives, veteran aviation journalist and air safety investigator Christine Negroni takes us inside crash investigations from the early days of the jet age to the present, including the search for answers about what happened to the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 As Negroni dissects what happened and why, she explores their common themes and, most important, what has been learned from them to make planes safer Indeed, as Negroni shows, virtually every aspect of modern pilot training, airline operation, and airplane design has been shaped by lessons learned from disaster Along the way, she also details some miraculous saves, when quick thinking pilots averted catastrophe and kept hundreds of people alive.Tying in aviation science, performance psychology, and extensive interviews with pilots, engineers, human factors specialists, crash survivors, and others involved in accidents all over the world, The Crash Detectives is an alternately terrifying and inspiring book that might just cure your fear of flying, and will definitely make you ainformed passenger Christine Negroni combines her investigative reporting skills with an understanding of the complexities of air accident investigations to bring to life some of history s most intriguing and heartbreaking cases Bob Woodruff, ABC News New Download [ The Crash Detectives ] author [ Christine Negroni ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr I had the same thoughts about this book as another reviewer first, I thought the title was misleading and, second, I thought it could use some editing and a change in focus The title Crash Detectives led me to think the book would be about the people who actually investigate plane crashes Instead it sof a scattered collection of stories about various airplane mishaps and, in some cases, the politics behind assigning blame At times the book feltlike a summary of other people s boo I had the same thoughts about this book as another reviewer first, I thought the title was misleading and, second, I thought it could use some editing and a change in focus The title Crash Detectives led me to think the book would be about the people who actually investigate plane crashes Instead it sof a scattered collection of stories about various airplane mishaps and, in some cases, the politics behind assigning blame At times the book feltlike a summary of other people s books about air disasters rather than a complete n...I am not the ideal person to have read this book because flying terrifies me And to be honest, those reviews who contend that the book is somewhat mis titled are correct I ll get to that in a minute.First, I have to thank My Book Box because I doubt I would have read this if it hadn t been a selection for Oct 2016 Negroni s somewhat mis titled book isn t about those who investigate the crashes of airplanes, butabout why those crashes occur Once you realize this, the book is highly enjo I am not the ideal person to have read this book because flying terrifies me And to be honest, those reviews who contend that the book is somewhat mis titled are correct I ll get to that in a minute.First, I have to thank My Book Box because I doubt I would have read this if it hadn t been a selection for Oct 2016 Negroni s somewhat mis titled book isn t about those who investigate the crashes of airplanes, butabout why tho...I ll echo what some other reviewers have said this is an interesting topic, but the book badly needed an editor to impose some order The stories and topics are all jumbled up, as if the author put everything in...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here An excellent book about many recent air crashes, why they happened, and why they didn t Among the evidence the collision of two jumbo jets on Tenerife in 1977 was an example of everything gone wrong exacerbated by one pilot s desire to keep his on time record intact the crash of a sightseeing jet over Antarctica was due to bad preparation, bad documentation and governmental cover up nobody shot at TWA 800 over Long Island in 1996 the crash was most likely a flaw in the way fuel is store An excellent book about many recent air crashes, why they happened, and why they didn t Among the evidence the collision of two jumbo jets on Tenerife in 1977 was an example of everything gone wrong exacerbated by one pilot s desire to keep his on time record intact the crash of a sightseeing jet over Antarctica was due to bad preparation, bad documentation and governmental cover up nobody shot at TWA 800 over Long Island in 1996 the crash was most likely a flaw in the way fuel is stored Among the myths debunked are that the disappearance of an Air France Rio to Paris flight over the South Atlantic had anything at all to do with terrorism.Commercial flying has never been safer, but in the era of fly by wire and nearly total computer control of avionics and the flying process, new ills emerge Some governments overstate their air traffic systems ability to follow aircr...This is an interesting book about aviation disasters and the author clearly knows this space well I found it hard to follow in spots due to the way the book jumped between air disasters Nonetheless an interesting read.This is in my wheelhouse and there is some good stuff there, but I put this away after 70 pages, not being able to get over the weird colloquial style and a lot of grammar mistakes Not sure if the author or editor is to blame, but this reads like a rushed blog post.Commercial air crashes have attracted a great deal of attention recently With the crashes of the Boeing 737 MAX Lion and Ethiopian , the safety of flying has been forced back into the public consciousness In The Crash Detectives, Christine Negroni has done a fantastic job of putting together an engaging, accessible, and interesting volume on why planes crash.The biggest advantages of this book are its breadth and readability Negroni covers a huge number of different accidents, and her book Commercial air crashes have attracted a great deal of attention recently With the crashes of the Boeing 737 MAX Lion and Ethiopian , the safety of flying has been forced back into the public consciousness In The Crash Detectives, Christine Negroni has done a fantastic job of putting together an engaging, accessible, and interesting volume on why planes crash.The biggest advantages of this book are its breadth and readability Negroni covers a huge number of different accidents, and her book is a Greatest Hits tape of all the crashes I would expect an observer of aviation to know well In other words, if you want to become familiar with the key case studies in plane crashes, this is a great starting point While the book doesn t often provide as much deta...The Crash Detectives by Christine Negroni was a good read To begin with full disclosure I was given this book through a Goodreads Giveaway While the title alludes to detectives, there really isn t much of that in the narrative But that aside, the tale was still very interesting The book is a reporting of many of the major air mishaps over the last 50 years Since the middle aged reader will remember many of the incidents from newspaper stories and television newsreelsthis book is real The Crash Detectives by Christine Negroni was a good read To begin with full disclosure I was given this book through a Goodreads Giveaway While the title alludes to detectives, there really isn t much of that in the narrative But that aside, the tale was still very interesting The book is a reporting of many of the major air mishaps over the last 50 years Since the middle aged reader will remember many of the incidents from newspaper stories and television newsreelsthis book is really a recounting of these accidents, and of what went on and what was determined, if anything, to be the cause Many of the disasters the reader will have heard of yet some will be new The author also makes a point of laying out a compelling case of what she thinks happened to Malaysia Flight 370 that took off from Kuala Lumpur in 2014 and seemingly disappeared It is a quick read and it is a page turner, but p...I wish this had been so muchdetailed it seemed very superficial and it was a shame I wanted to get really deep and into details which each case and that just didn t happen, unfortunately I also wish the stories hadn t been mixed together it was hard to keep track of which story was ...Airline disasters always inspire a morbid sense of curiosity amongst us all Hollywood has made hundreds of millions of dollars from this sad bit of human nature Even when it is real, maybe evenso, we sit glued to the television screen hoping for the best, but nonetheless drawn by the possibility of catastrophe The Crash Detectives looks into many of these real incidents in an attempt to group the seemingly endless possibilities for disaster into a comprehensible set of themes The resul Airline disasters always inspire a morbid sense of curiosity amongst us all Hollywood has made hundreds of millions of dollars from this sad bit of human nature Even when it is real, maybe evenso, we sit glued to the television screen hoping for the best, but nonetheless drawn by the possibility of catastrophe The Crash Detectives looks into many of these real incidents in an attempt to group the seemingly endless possibilities for disaster into a comprehensible set of themes The result is fascinating, and at times a little unsettling If you have any fear of flying, this book will not likely assuage those feelings.The Crash Detectives begins with the author s hypothesis about the fate of Malaysia Flight 370 in 2014 I distinctly remember watching the news accounts on the disappearance of this flight over the So...This probably isn t a good book for nervous fliers, but for those who believe the statistics that say flying is the safest mode of travel, it s quite interesting The author reviews details of a number of well known plane incidents and crashes from the past, discussing what is known about the problems, or detailing what did or may have happened to others It s NOT a book about how the National Transportation Safety Board NTSB conducts its investigations into airplane crashes, or about how the This probably isn t a good book for nervous fliers, but for those who believe the statistics that say flying is the safest mode of travel, it s quite interesting The author reviews details of a number of well known plane incidents and crashes from the past, discussing what is known about the problems, or detailing what did or may have happened to others It s NOT a book about how the National Transportation Safety Board NTSB conducts its investigations into airplane crashes, or about how the Federal Aviation Administration FAA oversee the airlines But is does talk about how several invest...I really wanted to read a book about crash detectives Unfortunately this is not a book about crash detectives, and the way the material was presented drove me nuts.The book starts out with her personal theory of why Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappears That s fine, but for a book with this title to start out with 70 pages of the author s speculation is ridiculous The author gave proof by citing snippets of disasters that fit her story, which makes it sound nice and tidy but makes a skept I really wanted to read a book about crash detectives Unfortunately this is not a book about crash detectives, and the way the material was presented drove me nuts.The book starts out with her personal theory of why Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappears That s fine, but for a book with this title to start out with 70 pages of the author s speculation is ridiculous The author gave proof by citing snippets of disasters that fit her story, which makes it sound nice and tidy but makes a skeptic like me wonder why there isn t an objective telling of all of the facts up front.The author is an aviation journalist So I was surprised by the stream of consciousness way that the material is presented Towards the end it was amazingly difficult to keep the stories apart because she was telling several of them side by side The author even says that it was done on purpose to give a sense of un...Disclaimer The author is a frequent contributor to Air Space magazine where I m an editor, and we re excerpting this book for our September 2016 issue This book will definitely get your heart pounding There is a ton of detail about a large number of air crashes and lesser incidents, quite a few of which I d never heard about I wouldn t recommend it if you re already scared to fly, but if you re fascinated by details about How Things Go Wrong, this is a great read I also think her anal Disclaimer The author is a frequent contributor to Air Space magazine where I m an editor, and we re excerpting this book for our September 2016 issue This book will definitely get your heart pounding There is a ton of detail about a large number of air crashes and lesser incidents, quite a few of which I d never heard about I wouldn t recommend it if you re already scared to fly, but if you re fascinated by details about How Things Go Wrong, this is a great read I also think her analysis and guesses about what happened to flight MH3...This book takes a look inside some airline crash investigations including the author s opinion about what happened on Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 I have absolutely no experience as pilot but I do watch the tv show Air Disasters from time to time While there is a lot of technical information provided in the book I thought it was explained in a way that the average person should be able to follow most of it The main thing to keep in mind while reading this book is that it isof an overvie This book takes a look inside some airline crash investigations including the author s opinion about what happened on Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 I have absolutely no experience as pilot but I do watch the tv show Air Disasters from time to time While there is a lot of technical information provided in the book I thought it was explained in a way that the average person should be able to follow most of it The main thing to keep in mind while reading this book is that it isof an overview about what happened during a few disasters and the investigations that followed It s a good starting off point for learning of a few cases and how the industry works It is scary to think ...The organization of this book is a nightmare The author tries to make 5 broad points, divided into sections, and support each point by frequently jumping around between multiple, complex airplane crashes, incidents and historical moments Section 2 is the worst and makes little sense I almost stopped reading at this point, but thankfully it does get better.On the positive side, the book starts with a strong, well argued author perspective on the crash of MH370 and it does include many little k The organization of this book is a nightmare The author tries to make 5 broad points, divided into sections, and support each point by frequently jumping around between multiple, complex airplane crashes, incidents and historical moments Section 2 is the worst and makes little sense I almost stopped reading at this point, but thankfully it does get better.On the positive side, the book starts with a strong, well a...

03 June 2017

Christine Negroni