35 miles from shore : the ditching and rescue of ALM flight 980 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Corsetti, Emilio.
Imprint:	Lake St. Louis, Mo. : Odyssey Pub., 2008.
Description:	1 online resource (321 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Aircraft accidents -- Investigation -- United States Virgin Islands. Survival. Aircraft accidents -- Caribbean Sea. ALM Flight 980 Crash, 1970. Aircraft accidents. Aircraft accidents -- Investigation. Survival. Caribbean Sea. United States Virgin Islands. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11201729

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ISBN:	0977897141 9780977897148 9780977897124 0977897125 0977897109 9780977897100 9780977897100 9780977897148
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. Print version record.
Summary:	On May 2, 1970, a DC-9 jet with 57 passengers and a crew of six departed from New York's JFK International Airport en route to the tropical island of St. Maarten, but four hours and 34 minutes later the flight ended in the shark-infested waters of the Caribbean. It was, and remains, the only open-water ditching of a commercial jet. The subsequent rescue of survivors took nearly three hours and involved the coast guard, navy, and marines. This gripping account of that fateful day recounts what was happening inside the cabin, the cockpit, and the helicopters as the crews struggled against the we.
Other form:	Print version: Corsetti, Emilio. 35 miles from shore. Lake St. Louis, Mo. : Odyssey Pub., 2008

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