About this ebook
The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight 370 in 2014 is considered the greatest aviation mystery of our time but it does not stand alone. The second volume of Without a Trace begins in 1970, when a military pilot chased a glowing unidentified object only for both to disappear in an instant. How did India manage to misplace five fighter jets? Did the young pilot chasing an inexplicable aircraft over the Australian coast really get abducted by aliens? These questions and more are explored in Without a Trace. We explore modern mysteries as recent as 2016, with the sudden disappearance of an Antonov An-32 on a routine courier flight, while the aircraft ahead and behind saw nothing. Each case is laid out in rich detail and presented chronologically, with explanations of technology, aviation jargon and cultural aspects involved in each mystery.
Where did they go?
Sylvia Wrigley introduces the crews, innocent bystanders and rescuers in this collection of true stories. Documenting the popular theories from each case, she uses her knowledge and experience as a pilot and an aviation journalist to demystify aviation jargon and narrow down each disappearance to the most likely explanations. The stories range from fighter jets to commercial airliners, all of which have vanished within our lifetimes without a trace.
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About the author
Sylvia Wrigley is a pilot and aviation writer who has been obsessing about aviation safety for over a decade.
Her aviation books include her personal memoir, You Fly Like a Woman, the first detailed book released about The Mystery of Malaysia Airlines flight 370 and her popular aviation investigation series, Why Planes Crash.
She’s worked across all modern media including:
Newspapers
Contributor to The Guardian, Piper Flyer, Forbes, BBC News and many other reputable news venues.
TV
Aviation expert featured on the Discovery Channel series Aircrash Confidential, the Russian Channel 1 News, French Channel M6 Disparition du vol MH370 and NTV.ru Central Television program.
Web
Creator of and sole contributor to Fear of Landing, with associated social media connections.
Her website https://fearoflanding.
Her series, Why Planes Crash, launched in May 2013. The first book of the series covers eleven accidents and incidents in 2001, including the disastrous runway incursion at Linate, the near-miss over Tokyo, the Avjet crash at Aspen, the Twin Towers and American Airlines Flight 587 disintegrating over Queens. The series currently covers from 2001 to 2003.
Her latest book, Without a Trace, covers the true stories of aviation mysteries which have baffled investigators for years.
