{"product_id":"the-black-box-malcolm-macpherson-9780688158927","title":"The Black Box: All-New Cockpit Voice Recorder Accounts of In-Flight Accidents","description":"Readers join desperate pilots in the cockpit as they fight gravity and time in a plane that's falling out of the sky.\u003cp\u003eAnyone who watches the news knows about the \"black box.\" Officially called the \u003cem\u003ecockpit voice recorder, \u003c\/em\u003e the black box (which is actually Day-glo orange) records the final moments of any in-flight accident. Often it provides the only explanation of a crash -- inevitably, it provides a heart-breaking, second-by-second account of intense fear tempered by unyielding professionalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 1984 Quill title has been completely updated to include twenty-eight new incidents occurring between 1978 and 1996. Some are famous, like the 1996 Valujet crash in the Everglades and the ill-fated launch of the space shuttle \u003cem\u003eChallenger;\u003c\/em\u003e other disasters range from commuter prop aircraft to jumbo airliners and a pair of Air Force planes. Few have ever been revealed in their entirety, each, without exception, is absolutely gripping.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this new edition, editor Malcolm MacPherson has, wherever possible, added weather notes and descriptions of events in the cockpit and cabin, heightening our vivid sense of \u003cem\u003ebeing there\u003c\/em\u003e during the final moments. Provided by the National Transportation Safety Board and vetted by an experienced airline captain, these are unforgettable case studies in ultimate emergency -- authentic, immediate, filled with drama, terror, human frailty and error, and unquenchable courage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Malcolm MacPherson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0688158927\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780688158927\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William Morrow \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/22\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.18h x 6.09w x 0.55d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Malcolm MacPherson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981095862527,"sku":"9780688158927","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c9bc3189-d82c-4501-b307-6bb7f12c4602.jpg?v=1683253631","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-black-box-malcolm-macpherson-9780688158927","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}