NOVELS
Daniel Tenace, a major accident investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board; He investigates the aircraft maintenance issues of aviation accidents. His unique skill sets him apart from other investigators; his experience with airlines gives him an advantage into the cultures that exist in the airline industry and his analytical nature allows him to see solutions that escape other investigators.
Daniel Tenace stands alone.
The Air Crash Files: Jet Blast
A wide-body cargo airliner lines up on a normal approach into Los Angeles. Without warning an engine goes into reverse; the airliner plummets to the ocean below …
Daniel Tenace is thrown into an investigation of this sudden wave of events where airliners malfunction in flight. He must use all his experience t discover the cause of this danger.
Are these episodes tied to the new computerized air traffic control system? Are engineers scrambling to fix built-in design flaws? Why are government officials willing to ignore this threat, indeed hamper the investigations?
From the Pacific Ocean to Memphis and back again, Dan Tenace must uncover the truth; a reality more powerful than the force of a jet blast.
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The Air Crash Files: Thermal Runaway
An Argentinian airliner declares an emergency: an inflight fire over the South Atlantic. With the fire extinguished, it turns for land, only to disappear without making any final transmissions.
Dan Tenace is back. The accident investigator becomes involved with an international investigation into the lost airliner. Fighting bureaucratic logjams, Tenace soon learns about a hazard so unexpected, it can threaten every airliner, anywhere.
From the seabed of the South Atlantic to a desperate flight over the ocean, miles from land, Tenace must uncover the unidentified peril, or die trying. It is an explosive investigation with the relentless threat of a Thermal Runaway.
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The Air Crash Files: Flameout
A twin-engine corporate airliner crashes into the mountains east of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The probable cause of the accident was ingestion of an unmanned aerial vehicle into the #1 engine. A serious event, but why was the crew unable to fly on the #2 engine?
Daniel Tenace is back again, this time to use his experience to find the cause of the latest technology aircraft could not recover from an easily recoverable event.