Airframe

Description:

Airframe is a novel by the American writer Michael Crichton, his eleventh under his own name and twenty-first overall, first published in 1996, in hardcover, by Knopf and then in 1997, as a paperback, by Ballantine Books. The plot follows Casey Singleton, a quality assurance vice president at the fictional aerospace manufacturer Norton Aircraft, as she investigates an in-flight accident aboard a Norton-manufactured airliner that leaves three passengers dead and 56 injured. ---------- See also: [Airframe. 1/2](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL28764897W/Airframe._1_2)

subjects: air safety,  media relations,  investigative journalism,  human-machine interaction,  Pilot-induced oscillation,  type rating,  first officers,  flight engineers,  aircraft systems,  CEOs,  trade unions,  Federal Aviation Administration,  Airworthiness directives,  unapproved aircraft parts,  cascading failure,  aircraft maintenance,  pilot error,  turbulence,  air traffic control,  action and adventure fiction,  adventure fiction,  Skønlitteratur-USA,  Readers,  Open Library Staff Picks,  English language,  Fiction,  Investigation,  Aircraft accidents,  Fiction, thrillers,  Fiction, suspense,  Fiction, science fiction, general,  Fiction, espionage,  Fiction, thrillers, general,  Flugzeugunfall,  Fiction, thrillers, espionage,  Fiction, thrillers, suspense,  Fiction, action & adventure

People: Casey Singleton,  Emily Jansen,  John Marder,  Jennifer Malone,  Doug Doherty,  Nguyen Van Trung,  Ken Burne,  Ron Smith,  Mike Lee,  Barbara Ross,  Norma,  Bob Richman,  Harold Edgarton,  Ted Rawley,  Dick Shenk,  Marty Reardon,  Frederick Barker

Places: Hong Kong,  Denver,  California,  Los Angeles International Airport,  China,  South Korea,  Burbank,  USA