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Mayday (1979)

de Nelson DeMille, Thomas Block (Autor)

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Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:"Fascinating and furiously paced...unrelenting suspense." - New York Times Book Review "[Demille is] a true master." - Dan Brown, #1 bestselling author of The Da Vinci Code Twelve miles above the Pacific Ocean, a missile strikes a jumbo passenger jet. The flight crew is crippled or dead. Now, defying both nature and man, three survivors must achieve the impossible. Land the plane. From master storyteller Nelson DeMille and master pilot Thomas Block comes Maydaythe classic bestseller that packs a supersonic shock at every turn of the page . . . the most terrifyingly realistic air disaster thriller ever. Like a growing tidal wave, the escaping air was gathering momentum. A teenaged girl in aisle 18, seat D, near the port-side aisle, her seat dislocated by the original impact, suddenly found herself gripping her seat track on the floor, her overturned seat still strapped to her body. The seatbelt failed and the seat shot down the aisle. She lost her grip and was dragged after it. Her eyes were filled with horror as she dug her nails into the carpet, as the racing air pulled her toward the yawning hole that led outside. Her cries were unheard by even those passengers who sat barely inches away from her struggle. The noise of the escaping air was so loud that it was no longer decipherable as sound, but seemed instead a solid thing pounding at the people in their seats . . .… (més)

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dgmathis | Mar 16, 2023 |

As a big Nelson DeMille fan, I was happy when I finally snagged this library ebook, but I have to say it was a big disappointment. Excruciatingly slow at points, the basic plot is a Navy violation of an arms treaty causes a missle to inadvertently transect a supersonic jet at 62,000 feet, causing death or brain damage to all but five people, who are either in the lavatories or sub-deck flight attendant station. Meanwhile, nobody seems to want the jet to return safely as the Navy seeks to cover its mistake and the airline and insurance carrier fear for their respective futures. Simply ludicrous. (

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skipstern | Jul 11, 2021 |

This book should be named "Zombies on the plane".

Zombies meets power hungry evil bureaucrats meets super hero and it's just as unlikely as it sounds. Yet the book tries to convey the impression that this could happen. Well, it could not. The chain of circumstances is just too long and contains too many unlikely events and persons that make unexpected (and immoral) choices.

The big mystery for me is how it ended up on my "to-read" list. I must have mixed it up with some better book with a similar name. Anyone has any idea which one that might have been? I have a weak memory it might have been something related to a true story in World War 2. (

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bratell | Dec 25, 2020 |

Confusing as more and more characters are brought into the story. However most play a part in the scenarios that follow. Although a bit technical at times it held my interest. Raises several questions: how often has mistakes been covered up by higher ups interested more in their careers or the publicity; when is it more humanitarian to play God and save people future suffering; could an average human being do so many heroic things with minimal knowledge. John Berry as an casual pilot is almost too perfect, the few survivors were more truly believable. Ending stressful yet predictable. (

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kshydog | Dec 13, 2020 |

Well, you can't quite put this down, but no real reason to start. De Mille and high school (?) friend Block (a pilot) wanted to write a story about passenger planes designed to fly at some 60,000 feet, twice what they do now. Well, it's pretty horrific if something goes wrong, as their story shows. They also take the time to show what evil lurks in the US Navy, large insurance companies, airline companies, etc. (

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Nom de l'autor	Càrrec	Tipus d'autor	Obra?	Estat
DeMille, Nelson	—	autor primari	totes les edicions	confirmat
Block, Thomas	Autor	autor principal	totes les edicions	confirmat

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Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:"Fascinating and furiously paced...unrelenting suspense." - New York Times Book Review
"[Demille is] a true master." - Dan Brown, #1 bestselling author of The Da Vinci Code
Twelve miles above the Pacific Ocean, a missile strikes a jumbo passenger jet. The flight crew is crippled or dead. Now, defying both nature and man, three survivors must achieve the impossible. Land the plane. From master storyteller Nelson DeMille and master pilot Thomas Block comes Maydaythe classic bestseller that packs a supersonic shock at every turn of the page . . . the most terrifyingly realistic air disaster thriller ever. Like a growing tidal wave, the escaping air was gathering momentum.
A teenaged girl in aisle 18, seat D, near the port-side aisle, her seat dislocated by the original impact, suddenly found herself gripping her seat track on the floor, her overturned seat still strapped to her body. The seatbelt failed and the seat shot down the aisle. She lost her grip and was dragged after it. Her eyes were filled with horror as she dug her nails into the carpet, as the racing air pulled her toward the yawning hole that led outside. Her cries were unheard by even those passengers who sat barely inches away from her struggle. The noise of the escaping air was so loud that it was no longer decipherable as sound, but seemed instead a solid thing pounding at the people in their seats . . .

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