Bill Adair - The Mystery of Flight 427

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Adair, Bill.

The mystery of Flight 427: inside a crash investigation / Bill Adair.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

eISBN: 978-1-58834-402-1

1. USAir Flight 427 Crash, 1994. 2. Aircraft accidents—Investigation—United States. 3. Aircraft accidents—Pennsylvania—Hopewell (Beaver County: Township) I. Title.

TL553.525.P4 A33 2002

363.12.465.0974892—dc21

2001049601

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