Crash of TWA Flight 260

by Charles M. Williams

Book Overview

This moment-by-moment account of a major airplane crash on a beautiful and treacherous mountainside puts the reader at the pilot's side, describing the flight, its catastrophic ending, and the aftermath. At 7:05 a.m. on February 19, 1955, TWA Flight 260 took off from the Albuquerque airport for a short flight to Santa Fe. To avoid flying over the Sandia Mountains, the plane's approved air route was a dogleg running north-northwest from Albuquerque,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826348076
• ISBN13: 9780826348074
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.0"