Description
While the crew's efforts to save TWA 841 were initially hailed as heroic, that all changed when safety inspectors found twenty-one minutes of the thirty-minute cockpit voice recorder tape blank. The captain of the flight, Harvey "Hoot" Gibson, subsequently came under suspicion for deliberately erasing the tape in an effort to hide incriminating evidence. The voice recorder was never evaluated for any deficiencies.
From that moment on, the investigation was focused on the crew to the exclusion of all other evidence. It was an investigation based on rumors, innuendos, and speculation. Eventually the NTSB, despite sworn testimony to the contrary, blamed the crew for the incident by having improperly manipulated the controls; leading to the dive. This is the story of a NTSB investigation gone awry and one pilot's decade-long battle to clear his name.
Reviews
" Scapegoat is a taut, suspenseful history. The opening chapters prompt heart-pounding excitement as Corsetti describes the dive from the perspective of both the crew and the passengers. The book is enthralling throughout, even as it shifts from the near crash to the more mundane hearings and investigations that followed." Foreword Reviews
"The author sifted through a staggering depth of research and documentation about TWA Flight 841's high-altitude upset and aftermath and then boiled it all down into an intriguing investigative narrative." Mark L Berry, author, 13,760 feet: My Personal Hole in the Sky
"This is the kind of case the Board has never had to deal witha head-on collision between the credibility of a flight crew versus the airworthiness of the aircraft." Leslie Dean Kampschror, National Transportation Safety Board Investigator-in-Charge
"Exceptionally well written, organized and presented, Scapegoat: A Flight Crew's Journey from Heroes to Villains to Redemption is a consistently compelling read throughout and very highly recommended for community library collections." Midwest Book Review
"Scapegoat is a scathing indictment of nearly everyone involved in the investigation, particularly the NTSB and Boeing. They quickly reached a conclusion -- that the pilot and crew were hiding something -- and ignored or minimized any evidence that suggested otherwise." Readerviews
Book Information
ISBN 9780997242102
Author Emilio Corsetti III
Format Hardback
Page Count 472
Imprint Odyssey Odyssey Publishing
Publisher Odyssey Odyssey Publishing
Weight(grams) 785g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 30mm