McCollum, Sean,

Fighting to survive airplane crashes : terrifying true stories / by Sean McCollum. - 64 pages : illustrations (mostly color), color maps ; 23 cm. - Fighting to survive . - Fighting to survive (Compass Point Books) .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Lost in Alaska : Cessna 207 Skywagon -- The stowaway : Iberia Airlines Flight 904 -- The plane that couldn't sleep : United Flight 232 -- La Miraculee : Yemenia Flight 626 -- Miracle on the Hudson : US Airways Flight 1549 -- Glossary -- Read more -- Internet sites -- Source notes -- Select bibliography -- Index.

Provides true tales of people who survived an airplane disaster, and what they did to survive.

4-9. 9-14. 920 Lexile.



9780756561833 0756561833 9780756562304 (pbk.) 0756562309 (pbk.)

2019007145


Aircraft accidents.
Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.
Airplanes.

TL553.5 / .M338 2020

363.12/4