{"product_id":"9781450021999","title":"Sterling Place","description":"On the morning of December 16, 1960, a TWA Lockheed Constellation plane and  \u003cbr\u003ea United Airlines, a DC-8, collided in a blinding snowstorm over New York.  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eAt the time of the accident it was considered the worst aviation disaster in the history  \u003cbr\u003eof commercial fl ying. When it was over, one hundred and twenty eight people  \u003cbr\u003efrom both planes, plus six on the ground had lost their lives. After the collision the  \u003cbr\u003eConnie broke into three parts, hurling forty-four people to their death. The plane  \u003cbr\u003eor what was left of it, crashed in the fi elds of the Miller Army Base, in Staten Island,  \u003cbr\u003eNew York.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eThe other plane, United Flight 826, with eighty-four people crashed eight miles  \u003cbr\u003efrom impact coming down on an intersection called Seventh Avenue, and Sterling  \u003cbr\u003ePlace, a quiet community in the Park Slope Section of Brooklyn.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eOn May 9th 1962, the Civil Aeronautic Board determined that the probable cause  \u003cbr\u003eof this accident was that United Flight 826 proceeded beyond its clearance limit  \u003cbr\u003eand the confi nes of the airspace to the fl ight given by Air Traffi c Control, passing  \u003cbr\u003eits holding pattern and therefore, ramming into TWA Flight 266. I wasn't totally  \u003cbr\u003econvinced.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eIn 1998, I decided to investigate, the probable cause of the collision, and why it  \u003cbr\u003ehappened, but most important, if it could have been prevented.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eMy investigation revealed that while Captain Robert H. Sawyer went beyond his  \u003cbr\u003eallocated airspace, he did not stand alone in the blame.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eThe results where very disturbing, the collision could have been prevented.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eThe book reveals who was at fault, why there was a cover up, and by whom.","brand":"Xlibris US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47140499357936,"sku":"9781450021999","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781450021999_p0.jpg?v=1763836378","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781450021999","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}