Phantom Controller: Based on Events the Government and Airlines Hope You Never Know! (Volume 1) by Jim Epik

by Jim Epik

This brilliantly written novel exposes America’s air traffic control system and its vulnerability to attack. Every day over a million people fly throughout the United States blindly placing their lives on the hope that an antiquated communications system will get them home safely. How many times have you heard of passengers being stranded on a runway for hours, unable to return to a gate? Few are aware the problem is being caused by Phantom Controllers’ seizing flight operations.Follow along as a pilot completing his first solo flight crashes in a horrific accident. Twenty-four hours later, in Charlottesville, the scenario is duplicated, only this time thirty-seven passengers are killed. Brett Candor, the perpetrator of these crimes, revels in his success as he bates federal agents into following him to Dulles International Airport where he plans on causing yet another catastrophe!Phantom Controller was inspired by a true investigation conducted by Special Agent, turned author, Jim Epik. Follow along as TSA, FCC, FAA, and the FBI work to set-up an operation outside of Washington, D.C. to catch a killer before he can strike again.Confounding their efforts is a callous United States Senator and Chair of the Transportation Sub-Committee, that is willing to do anything in order to get reelected.Will technologically savvy agents be able to stop the Phantom Controller before he strikes again, or will yet another airline disaster occur?This is a compelling story based on real safety issues confronting the airline industry, of Capitol Hill’s manipulative tactics for political gain, and of the agents working on behalf of the American people who are caught in the middle.

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First published December 14, 2011