"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. Lib., NashuaĬopyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. William Hoffer coauthored Midnight Express (LJ 4/15/77). The book is well-written and has an excellent postscript which discusses the lengthy investigation, the issue of assigning blame, and the subsequent modifications made to procedures, checklists, and equipment. The journalist authors tell the story of the 29-minute glide and the gripping real-life terror from the perspectives of the pilot, crew, air traffic controllers, and passengers. Freefall Title Freefall / William Hoffer and Marilyn Mona Hoffer. Recounts the remarkable story of Air Canada Flight 143, which lost all power at 41,000 feet when it ran out of fuel, leaving pilot Bob Pearson the near-impossible. He collaborated with Billy Hayes to chronicle the exciting escape from a Turkish prison in Midnight Express, which was later produced into an Academy Award-winning motion picture starring Brad Davis, John Hurt and Randy Quaid. Publication date 1989 Topics Aircraft accidents - Canada. Buy a cheap copy of Freefall book by William Hoffer. It was produced into a motion picture starring William Devane, Shelley Hack and Mariette Hartley. Captain Bob Pearson received many accolades for successfully landing the plane at an abandoned Canadian Air Force Base. William Hoffer has been spinning out international best-sellers for more than 20 years. William and Marilyns FREEFALL is the nail-biting thriller recounting the near-tragedy of Air Canada Flight 174 that ran out of fuel at 41,000 feet. Not Without My Daughter is the true story of a courageous mother and her. This is a factual, hair-raising account of a 1983 Air Canada Boeing 767 that, due to a maintenance man's mathematical error in fueling and a fuel system computer malfunction, ran out of fuel and immediately lost all electrical power while in flight at a height of 41,000 feet. Buy Not Without My Daughter by William Hoffer for 24.99 at Mighty Ape Australia.
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