false <![CDATA[Airframe]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165637857m/7667.jpg 7667 42 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? 997270 1996 Airframe total:5907|5:724|4:1747|3:2285|2:938|1:213| 5907 19552 7006 320 3 5 false false Mon Aug 20 08:41:30 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 20 13:34:15 -0700 2007
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I bought this book without even thinking as I waited for my plane from L.A. to Baltimore, Maryland to come in. Two chapters in and I had to put it down because what it talks about is so real you just have to ignore it for the tim...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Thu Jul 09 17:12:01 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 17:13:49 -0700 2009 ...The event that launches the story, conceived long before TWA Flight 800's last takeoff, is an airline disaster. Why did a passenger plane "porpoise"-pitch and dive repeatedly-enroute from Hong Kong to Denver, killing four and injuring 56? That's what Casey Si...more...]]> 4 0 false true Sun Jun 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 08:00:30 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 08:13:17 -0700 2009 Airframe contains so...more...]]> 1 1 false false Sat Sep 22 10:18:16 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 09 23:46:33 -0800 2007 3 0 false false Thu Mar 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 07:58:35 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 08:08:08 -0700 2009
The story does shed light on the way airplane manufacturing operates and how the UAW influences operations. This is what I lik...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 11:14:22 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 11:30:46 -0700 2009 Airframe is (sadly) still very relevant today. Crichton once again makes a complex situation accessible to the public at large,...more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 11:04:30 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 13:47:49 -0700 2009 The Andromeda Strain when I was his age (many) years ago. I guess...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 15:51:05 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 16:11:48 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 3 0 false true Tue Sep 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jan 12 15:40:43 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 12:55:31 -0800 2009
From about a third of the way through, to the last fifty pages, I thought the climax would be much more satisfying. Perhaps a conspiracy with the Chinese, something to do with with big sale and the wing being shipped to China. Maybe something happ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Nov 09 08:50:18 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 09 08:50:18 -0800 2008 woooshing sound as it went right over my head, but still...

I liked the character of Casey. I liked that she was a strong, intelligent, VP of a big compa...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 08 08:10:02 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 15 19:43:42 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 09:45:56 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 09:51:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Nov 03 10:43:22 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 03 10:49:04 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu May 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 04:53:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 08:09:45 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Dec 23 18:31:42 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 18:34:08 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 07 09:11:08 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 14 07:18:34 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=7667