Swissair Down: A Pilot's View of the Crash at Peggy's Cove

by Michael O. Nowlan and Don Ledger

Book Overview

Every disaster has its own cause and its own effects. Undoubtedly, the effects of the September 1998 crash of Siwssair Flight 111 into the unforgiving waters off Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia—killing all... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1551093014
• ISBN13: 9781551093017
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Nimbus Publishing, Limited
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.4" x 6.0"

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Reviews: Swissair Down"Swissair Down is a thorough, decent and authoritative book...Ledger'sobvious love of aviation and his sorrow at the pack 'em and stack 'emgrubbiness of the major airlines gives the book a doleful power."Adair Brouwer, reviewer -Quill & Quire literary review magazine -Toronto"Ledger presents his closely reasoned conjecture regarding Swissair111's final moments".... a piquant mix of fact, informedconjecture and speculation..." Bob Merrick - Canadian Flight Magazine,Canadian Owner's and Pilot's Assoc. -Toronto"This is a thought provoking book. It is scary without beingsensationalist. Highly reccommended." Stephen Beecroft-Stoney Creek News -Ontario"Don Ledger's arguments seem tight and frightening. The fact that he isa pilot himself, lends credence to his views." -Atlantic Books Today N.S."In an explosive final chapter, Ledger theorizes that co-pilot StefanLowe or pilot Urs Zimmermann was trying to ditch in the water when theyrealized that they wouldn't be able to find Halifax InternationalAirport."David Redwood-The Daily News"Pilot and author Don Ledger has written an account of the eventsleading up to the tragic crash of ..Flight 111...with a view toilluminating the cause of the crash and preventing such a thing fromever happening again."Sunday Books "Best of the Rest" The Sunday Daily News