Southern Storm
The Tragedy of Flight 242
$34.61
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
15 March 2022
Summary
The gripping true tale of a devastating plane crash, the investigation into its causes, and the race to prevent similar disasters in the future.
On the afternoon of April 4, 1977, Georgia housewife Sadie Burkhalter Hurst looked out her front door to see a frantic stranger running toward her, his clothes ablaze, and behind him the mangled fuselage of a passenger plane that had just crashed in her yard. The plane, a Southern Airways DC-9-31, had been carrying eighty-one passengers and f…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781588345592 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1588345599 |
| Author: | Samme Chittum |
| Publisher: | Smithsonian Books |
| Imprint: | Smithsonian Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 15 March 2022 |
| Weight: | 323g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
| Series: | Air Disasters |
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About The Author
Samme Chittum
SAMME CHITTUM is a narrative journalist and Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship recipient who explores the intersection of current events and history. Her work has been published in the New York Times, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, and the Village Voice. She is also the author of the first book in the Smithsonian Air Disasters series, The Flight 981 Disaster- Tragedy, Treachery, and the Pursuit of Truth.
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