"Bibel takes the reader, chattily and with skill, through his analysis of a series of fatal accidents." -- Paul Marks, New Scientist

"Offering insights into how aviation accident investigations are conducted, Bibel addresses the causes of such accidents, from in-flight breakup to metal fatigue and combustion, and the lessons learned. Enriched with many drawings, graphs, and equations... Highly recommended." -- Library Journal

"A fasinating book." -- Steven D. Levitt, Freakonomics Blog

"A good book that explains how and why airplanes can crash through descriptions of a wide variety of crashes and near-crashes followed by explanations of the science that governed those incidents. The stories of the accidents, and their explanations, read like mysteries; I found myself reading faster to get to the end of the story and find out why things happened the way they did. Bibel clearly has a love for all things aeronautical and that shines through on every page." -- John M. Henshaw, author of Does Measurement Measure Up?