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The Crash of Piedmont Airlines Flight 22 - Completing the Record of the 1967 Midair Collision Near Hendersonville, North Carolina (Paperback)
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The Crash of Piedmont Airlines Flight 22 - Completing the Record of the 1967 Midair Collision Near Hendersonville, North Carolina (Paperback)
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Against a backdrop of inadequate funding, misplaced priorities and
a lack of manpower, American commercial aviation in the 1960s was
in a perilous state. In July 1967, when a Piedmont Airlines Boeing
727 collided with a Cessna 310 over Hendersonville, North Carolina,
killing 82 people, the industry was in crisis. Congress called
hearings on aviation safety and government and union officials
pressured President Lyndon Johnson to request increased funding for
aviation safety. But the National Transportation Safety Board's
probe into the crash was flawed from the start. The investigative
team was made up of individuals whose companies had certain
interests in the outcome. The lead investigator was the brother of
the vice president of Piedmont Airlines. In an effort to shift
blame from the government and Piedmont, critical conversations
recorded on tape never made it into the NTSB's report. Maintenance
and training records, as well as industry warnings of the 727's
operational limitations, were also omitted. This book reveals the
true story of the investigation: what was left out and why.
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