Tiger in the Sea: The Ditching of Flying Tiger 923 and the Desperate Struggle for Survival 9781493031566

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Автор: Lindner Eric
Название: Tiger in the Sea: The Ditching of Flying Tiger 923 and the Desperate Struggle for Survival
ISBN: 9781493031566
Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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ISBN-10: 1493031562
Обложка/Формат: Hardcover
Страницы: 304
Вес: 0.68 кг.
Дата издания: 01.05.2021
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 25 halftones, black and white
Размер: 23.11 x 15.75 x 3.56 cm
Читательская аудитория: General (us: trade)
Подзаголовок: The ditching of flying tiger 923 and the desperate struggle for survival
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: September, 1962: on a moonless night over the raging Atlantic ocean, a thousand miles from land, the engines of a chartered plane to Germany burst into flames, one by one. Flying Tiger pilot John Murray didnt have long before the plane crashed headlong into the 20-foot waves at 120 mph. As the four flight attendants donned life vests, collected sharp objects, and explained how to brace for the ferocious impact, 68 passengers clung to their seats: elementary schoolchildren from Hawaii, a teenage newlywed from Germany, a disabled Normandy vet from Cape Cod, a recent immigrant from Mexico, and 30 recent graduates of the 82nd Airbornes Jump School. They all expected to die. Murray radioed out a Mayday as he attempted to fly down through gale-force winds into the rough water, hoping the plane didnt break apart when it hit the sea. Only a handful of ships could pick up the distress call so far from land. The closest was a Swiss freighter 13 hours away. Dozens of other ships and planes from nine countries abruptly changed course or scrambled from Canada, Iceland, Ireland, Scotland and Cornwall, all racing to the rescue - but they would take hours, or days, to arrive. From the cockpit, the blackness of the Atlantic grew ever closer. Could Murray do what no pilot had ever done - land a commercial airliner at night in a violent sea - without everyone dying? And if he did, would rescuers find any survivors before they drowned or died from hypothermia in the icy water? The fate of Tiger 923 riveted the world. Bulletins interrupted radio and TV programs. Headlines shouted off newspapers from London to LA. Frantic family members overwhelmed telephone switchboards. President Kennedy took a break from the brewing crises in Cuba and Mississippi to ask for hourly updates. Tiger in the Sea is a gripping tale of triumph, tragedy, unparalleled airmanship, and incredibly brave people from all walks of life. The author has pieced together the story - long hidden because of murky Cold War politics - through exhaustive research and reconstructed a true and inspiring tribute to the virtues of outside-the-box-thinking, teamwork, and hope.

Tiger in the Sea: The Ditching of Flying Tiger 923 and the Desperate Struggle for Survival, Lindner Eric