Understanding Air France 447

An engaging coverage of Air France 447, the Airbus A330 that crashed in the ocean north of Brazil on June 1, 2009, killing all 228 persons on board. Written by A330 Captain, Bill Palmer, this book opens to understanding the actions of the crew, how they failed to understand and control the problem, and how the airplane works and the part it played. All in easy to understand terms. Addressed are the many contributing aspects of weather, human factors, and airplane system operation and design that the crew could not recover from. How each contributed is covered in detail along with what has been done, and needs to be done in the future to prevent this from happening again.

• Southern Storm: The Tragedy of Flight 242 (Air Disasters)
• Thirty Seconds to Impact
• The Crash Detectives: Investigating the World's Most Mysterious Air Disasters
• Scapegoat: A Flight Crew's Journey from Heroes to Villains to Redemption
• QF32
• The Flight 981 Disaster: Tragedy, Treachery, and the Pursuit of Truth (Air Disasters)
• Fly by Wire: The Geese, the Glide, the Miracle on the Hudson
• The Mammoth Book of Air Disasters and Near Misses
• TWA 800: The Crash, the Cover-Up, and the Conspiracy
• Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters