How Emergency Landings Work
Case studies, pilot explanations, and an FAA manual on why in-flight emergencies happen and how crews bring planes down safely.
Optimized for books about Understanding what causes emergency landings, how pilots and systems respond, and what passengers should know about aviation safety..
Flight 232Laurence GonzalesLaurence Gonzales combines technical explanation and survivor narrative to show how crews and systems handle...Shelf signal: Aviation History
Miracle on the HudsonThe Survivors of Flight 1549 The Survivors of Flight 1549, William ProchnauFirsthand accounts of the Hudson water landing give a vivid passenger-perspective case study of an emergency landing...Shelf signal: Aviation & Nautical Lives
Flying BlindFeodor Chin, Peter RobisonInvestigative reporting on systemic airline failures provides context on organizational and maintenance factors that...Shelf signal: Commercial Aviation
SkyfaringMark VanhoenackerA pilot-author’s reflective account helps readers grasp routine and human elements of flying relevant to emergency...Shelf signal: Aviation & Nautical Lives
Airplane Flying HandbookFederal Aviation AdministrationThe FAA handbook supplies authoritative procedural and technical guidance on flying and emergency procedures that...Shelf signal: Pilot Training
Cockpit ConfidentialPatrick SmithA commercial pilot’s Q and A primer demystifies common passenger fears and explains how cockpit practices and systems...Shelf signal: Commercial Aviation