Forty years ago today Boeing was at the center of another mystery. It was on this day April 4, 1979, that a Boeing 727 unexpectedly rolled over while in cruise and plummeted nearly 39,000 feet before the crew was able to pull out of the dive. What happened? Did the crew do something to cause the …
Was a lack of experience a factor in the Ethiopian 737 Max crash?
Would you be comfortable having surgery performed by a first-year medical student? Probably not. How about getting on an airplane with a first officer whose experience level is only one step above that of a student pilot? That was the situation on the recent Ethiopian 737 Max crash. Now it may …
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A day at the office
It's been quiet here at EmilioCorsetti.com. I've been pitching three different screenplays, and I've been on the lookout for stories for my next book. One idea I am pursuing right now involves the fight over the age 60 rule for pilots, which was overturned in 2007. Now that I just turned 62 and I'm …
35 Miles From Shore on sale now
Get the 35 Miles From Shore eBook for just $.99 through October 2. Add the award winning audiobook for just $7.49 (when purchasing the Kindle version). This well-researched, fast-paced study vividly re-creates the chain of errors that resulted in the catastrophe, the harrowing rescue missions, and …
35 Miles From Shore screenplay is a quarterfinalist
The last several months I've been busy working on screenplays. I have adapted both of my books. My screenplay adaptation of Scapegoat has placed in two different screenplay competitions. My screenplay for 35 Miles From Shore is a quarterfinalist in the Fresh Voices screenplay competition. I'll …
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Twenty years ago today
Today is my birthday. I'm not doing anything special, but I do remember where I was twenty years ago on this day. I was in the neonatal intensive care unit at St. Louis Children's Hospital. I was there with Allison who was just ten days old. She was fighting for her life. Lynn and I didn't …