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35 Miles from Shore: The Ditching and Rescue of ALM Flight 980 |
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Author: Corsetti III, Emilio
Publisher: Odyssey Publications
Format: Adobe PDF
Content Language: English
ISBN: 9780977897148
Print ISBN: 9780977897100
Size: 2,222 KB
Publication Date: 2008-04-01
Category:
Transportation > Aviation > History
Territorial Restrictions:
Available Worldwide
Digital Rights:
Copy Count: Unlimited
Copy Interval (Days): Unlimited
Print Count: Unlimited
Print Interval (Days): Unlimited
Read Aloud: Enabled
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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 weather and dwindling daylight to rescue the survivors, who had only their life vests and a lone escape chute to keep them afloat.
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