Flights of Terror: Aerial Hijack and Sabotage Since 1930 [Hardcover]

David Gero (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 12, 1997

This first detailed reference concentrates specifically on the various types of hostile action committed against commercial aircraft, from the earliest days of air travel right up to the present day. Each entry lists the date, airline involved, aircraft serial number, location, details of the action, and reason, if known. Meticulously researched and supported by photographs from around the world.

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Terrorism is a real threat to aviation. The thought of a ticking bomb hidden in a suitcase, or a gun or knife-wielding assailant commandeering a commercial flight, is enough to scare even the most seasoned air traveler. Since the first edition of this ground-breaking book was published in 1997, much new evidence has come to light on a number of the hijackings described, and more have taken place since. In this fully revised and updated second edition, David Gero includes the latest information on historic hijackings in all parts of the globe, and a new chapter on the cataclysmic events of 9/11. This new edition is fully illustrated with archive and modern photographs.

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

About the Author

David Gero has been interested in air disasters for many years and has gathered information on more than 5,000 incidents of all kinds. He is a television director as well as author of Aviation Disasters (Sutton, 2006), Military Aviation Disasters (PSL, 1999), and the original edition of Flights of Terror (PSL, 1997). David lives in San Gabriel, California.

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 172 pages
• Publisher: Haynes Publishing; 1st edition (September 12, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 185260512X
• ISBN-13: 978-1852605124
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,104,405 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good... but headaching to read, October 11, 1999

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This review is from: Flights of Terror: Aerial Hijack and Sabotage Since 1930 (Hardcover)

Its pretty good.. as a reference book.. I mean.. to see which airlines had been high jacked.. or something like that.. but to read as leasure... I think its a little too loaded with statistics and facts