{"product_id":"im-still-alive-dennis-w-sniffin-9798310819535","title":"I'm Still Alive","description":"I had been a WestAir Airlines first officer for four years. I was landing in Los Angeles flying a nineteen-passenger twin turboprop Jetstream, following a Korean Air 747. The weather was clear. I had three and a half miles separation behind the Korean Air to avoid the wake turbulence, aka cyclonic flow, coming off the 747's wingtips. The Korean Air landed and turned off the runway. I intended to land beyond where he touched down as per standard operating procedures.\u003cbr\u003eDescending below 100' above the runway I felt a slight yoke movement from the wake turbulence of Korean's right-wing. I initiated a climb to get back in sequence for another approach. In the next two seconds had full power on the airplane.\u003cbr\u003eToo late. I was caught in the 747's vortices forcing the plane into a descending left turn. I countered the left turn. Two seconds later, I had full power on both engines, all flight controls at their limit for a climbing right turn but continued to descend in a left turn. Less than fifty feet off the pavement and descending, we were still out of control. We were going to hit the ground, uncontrolled. If I lived through the initial impact, I, and everyone else, would die in the fire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dennis W. Sniffin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798310819535\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/17\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.45d","brand":"Dennis W. Sniffin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46767429583103,"sku":"9798310819535","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b3b4b515-18b1-4253-806e-e9659a7fa1c5.jpg?v=1744169788","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/im-still-alive-dennis-w-sniffin-9798310819535","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}