Human Error

by Tom Casey

An airliner bound for Paris experiences difficulties and turns back to New York. But on its approach to landing it crashes, and forty-five lives are lost. Captain Hugo Price, who may or may not have made a mistake in judgment, is held accountable by a formal board of inquiry. His failed marriage, a romantic relationship with his First Officer, Sarah McClure, and other aspects of his personal and professional life come under harsh official scrutiny as everyone, Hugo included, tries to decide whether the disaster was inevitable or the result of human error. A moving and dramatic story of love in the modern era, of airliners and the men and women who fly them, and organs of officialdom that protect the illusion of technology as a shield against mortality.

Genres: Aviation

272 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 1, 1996

Reviews

[Wayne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rather legthy book more concerned with the pilot's personal interactions, rather than details of the accident and subseqent investigation. Nice ending!

[Reza Eskandary · Rating 5 out of 5]

Most poetic minimal Persian love-poems I've read in the years.