Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #98909 in Books
• Published on: 1997-08-03
• Binding: Paperback
• 448 pages

Synopsis
The twin jet plane en route to Denver from Hong Kong is merely a green radar blip half an hour off the California coast when the call comes through to air traffic control: 'Socal Approach, this is TransPacific 545. We have an emergency.' The pilot requests priority clearance to land - then comes the bombshell - he needs Forty ambulances on the runway. But nothing prepares the rescue workers for the carnage they witness when they enter the plane. Ninety-four passengers are injured. Three dead. The interior cabin virtually destroyed. What happened on board Flight TPA 545?

From the Publisher
There's danger in the air

From the Back Cover
The twin jet plane en route to Denver from Hong Kong is merely a green radar blip half an hour off the California coast when the call comes through to air traffic control: `Socal Approach, this is TransPacific 545. We have an emergency.' The pilot requests priority clearance to land. Then comes the bombshell - he needs forty ambulances on the runway.

But nothing prepares the rescue workers for the carnage they witness when they enter the plane.

Ninety-four passengers are injured. Three dead. The interior cabin virtually destroyed.

What happened on board Flight TPA 545?

Customer Reviews

surprisingly good
I bought this book because there was nothing else. I didn't think I'd like it from the back cover but was pleasantly surprised.
Michael Crichton does seem to have a lot of knowledge of what he is writing about and this was no different.Learning a little of aircrash investigations was very informative and interesting. Recommended.

Another angle on air safety
This is a good and easy read. Like all Crichton books they are technically convincing and easy to read.Once you get into them you don't want to put them down. I read this on a trip abroad but I would not suggest it as airline reading for a nervous flier. It has political and detective sides to the plot (I will not say more or I might give the game away). A book I certainly enjoyed.

Worth Flying For
After having been treated to a double dinosaur special of 'Jurassic Park' and 'The Lost World', I was a bit skeptical of reading a Micheal Crichton novel which didn't deal with the prehistoric. Anyway he pulled it off yet again but only just. The narrative is excellent and the technical detail is pretty neat though I wish he had some sort of glossary to help readers not familiar with aerospatial or avionic terms. There seemed to be a dash of 'Rising Sun' in the plot but somehow that didn,t get developed too well. Thats why I lopped off one star . However, all in all, a good read .Don,t take it on the plane though !