I recently selected 32 accident analyses, from the nearly 500 that I have written since I took over Flying’s Aftermath column in 1980, and assembled them into a book called Why? Thinking About Plane Crashes. It’s available from Amazon as a paperback or an e-book. I hope someone will buy it. I would pledge that all profits will go to the care and feeding of Melmoth 2, but money is fungible, and to be honest, some of it may go to espresso.
Aftermaths: A New Book
Key Takeaways:
- The author has compiled 32 accident analyses from his "Aftermath" column into a new book, "Why? Thinking About Plane Crashes."
- His selection criteria for analyzing accidents require the availability of an NTSB final report and, controversially, the pilot's death to allow for candid commentary.
- He primarily chooses "good stories" that illuminate human factors, such as pilot psychology, ego, overconfidence, infatuation with technology, or complex pilot-controller interactions, to understand the deeper causes ("why") beyond basic statistics.
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