OUT OF A CLEAR BLUE SKY

摘要

At 6.57 pm on 8 September 1994, the pilot and co-pilot of USAir flight 427 were swapping recipes for fruit drinks with one of the flight attendants. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-300, had just descended from its cruising altitude to 1800 metres as it prepared to land at Pittsburgh's main airport. The evening was calm and clear, and conditions were ideal for flying. Less than 10 minutes later they were dead, identifiable only by the DNA in tissue remains. Parts of the aircraft were buried so deep at the impact site 10 kilometres short of the runway that metal detectors had to be brought in to find them. All 132 people aboard were killed in the horrific crash.