Airframe by Michael Crichton
Posted: Jun 19th 2003, 3:48 pm
This is one of my favorite books. From Amazon:
You'd think this book would freak you out about flying, but really its the opposite. Crichton, in his ussual style, gets into the details of the aircraft manufacturing industry, showing the reader the ins and outs of an accident investigation and how safety and design go hand in hand. Like Disclosure he maintains a great balance between technology and character development.Cruising 35,000 feet above the earth, a twin-engine commercial jet encounters an accident that leaves 3 dead, 56 wounded, and the cabin in shambles. What happened? With a multi-billion-dollar company-saving deal on the line, Casey Singleton is sent by her hard-driving boss to uncover the mysterious circumstances that led to the disaster before more people die. But someone doesn't want her to find the truth.