Into the Abyss: An Extraordinary True Story
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| Rating | : | 4.43 (898 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00CS8BE2A |
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| Number of Pages | : | 555 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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Stephan Wilkinson said My review in Aviation History magazine. In October 198My review in Aviation History magazine Stephan Wilkinson In October 1984, a Piper Navajo Chieftain commuter flight, loaded to the gunwales with nine passengers and too much baggage plus one young and thoroughly in-over-his-head pilot, crashed onto a snowy mountain slope in northern Canada. Six of the passengers died, some slowly and in agony. Three, plus the pilot, survived and spent a bitter-cold night and part of the next day in their street clothes, without shelter, before being. , a Piper Navajo Chieftain commuter flight, loaded to the gunwales with nine passengers and too much baggage plus one young and thoroughly in-over-his-head pilot, crashed onto a snowy mountain slope in northern Canada. Six of the passengers died, some slowly and in agony. Three, plus the pilot, survived and spent a bitter-cold night and part of the next day in their street clothes, without shelter, before being. "The teaser is better than the book" according to Rachel. I've enjoyed the book, but truly expected it to be more of a page turner. I opened it, expecting the fast pace of survival in the wilderness. I'm an avid outdoors (wo)man, and I'm fully aware the risk of the mountains at night. The details of emotions are scarce, and I know the emotion of being lost in a wilderness about to freeze to death. The book tells a nice story, and good insider details of the plane crash, but, alas, m. A riveting account Judy I was thrilled that this story has finally been told. And I think there was no better person to tell it than the daughter of much beloved Larry Shaben, a survivor of the crash, a senior cabinet minister in the Alberta government, and charismatic leader in this northern Alberta community. Carol Shaben's skill in presenting factual accounts of this compelling drama in the manner one would expect of her journalistic background,
Four survived: the rookie pilot, a prominent politician, a cop, and the criminal he was escorting to face charges. The pilot. As the men fight through the night to stay alive, the dividing lines of power, wealth, and status are erased, and each man is forced to confront the precious and limited nature of his existence.. Despite the poor weather, Erik Vogel, the 24-year-old pilot, was under intense pressure to fly. A politician. A cop and the criminal he was shackled to. Against regulations, Archambault's handcuffs were removed - a decision that would profoundly impact the men's survival. Only four men survived the plane crash. Larry Shaben, the author's father and Canada's first Muslim Cabinet Minister, was commuting home after a busy week at the Alberta Legislature. Constable Scott Deschamps was escorting Paul Archambault, a drifter wanted on an outstanding warrant. On an icy night in October 1984, a commuter plane carrying nine passengers crashed in the remote wilderness of northern Alberta, killing six people