Airframe

Casey Singleton, a quality assurance vice president at Norton Aircraft, leads an investigation after a Flight 545 wide-body jet undergoes a violent mid-air pitch oscillation that leaves three passengers dead and dozens injured. Singleton must navigate a high-stakes corporate environment while contending with a looming merger, aggressive labor union interference, and a media deadline. She collects flight data recorder information and examines the physical wreckage to determine if the disaster resulted from a mechanical failure, a manufacturing defect, or pilot error before the press leaks a false narrative.

This book is for readers who enjoy technical procedural details focused on industrial engineering, aerospace logistics, and crisis management. Readers learn how complex systems fail through the interaction of human behavior and automated software. The narrative provides a granular look at the aviation industry’s safety protocols and the mechanics of accident reconstruction. It appeals to those interested in how corporate politics and sensationalist television journalism can obscure scientific facts during a public relations emergency.

Practical, outward-looking, growth-minded, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.

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