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by Michael Crichton

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Advanced Structural Integrity Methods for Airframe Durability and Damage Tolerance

Reardon leaned forward, touched one of the books that lay open. 'This one here. It's called Advanced Structural Integrity Methods for Airframe Durability and Damage Tolerance. Pretty dense. You understand this book?' 'Most of it, yes.' Reardon pointed to the open page, turned it to read. 'Here on page 807, it says, "Leevers and Radon introduced a biaxiality parameter B that relates the magnitude of the T stress as in equation 5." You see that?' 'Yes.' Barker swallowed.

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Places Referenced

Burbank Airport, Burbank, California
"BURBANK AIRPORT 6:32 A.M. Rush hour traffic crept forward in the pale morning light."
Hong Kong, China
"They had taken Transpacific Airlines, a charter from Hong Kong. The money they saved would be useful when they set up housekeeping at the University of Colorado, where Tim was going to be an assistant professor."
Denver, Colorado
"Transpacific 545 was inbound from Hong Kong to Denver."
Marina Del Rey, California
"Soon it would pass over Marina Del Rey. It was still half an hour out of LAX."
Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, California
"LAX 5:57 A.M. Daniel Greene was the duty officer at the FAA Flight Standards District Office on Imperial Highway, half a mile from LAX."
Imperial Highway, Los Angeles, California
"Daniel Greene was the duty officer at the FAA Flight Standards District Office on Imperial Highway, half a mile from LAX."
Sepulveda Boulevard, Los Angeles, California
"Greene roared down Sepulveda Boulevard toward the airport."
Glendale, California
"GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA 6:00 A.M."
Empire Avenue, Burbank, California
"She turned her Mustang convertible off the Golden State Freeway onto Empire Avenue, following the chain-link fence that marked the south perimeter of Burbank Airport."
Hunan, China
"Their daughter had been bom seven months ago in Hunan, where Tim had studied Chinese medicine."
Detroit, Michigan
"Casey had grown up in the suburbs of Detroit, the only daughter of an editor at the Detroit News."
Southern Illinois, Illinois
"After she graduated from Southern Illinois in journalism, Casey had followed her brothers to Ford."
Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, California
"The aircraft made an emergency landing at LAX, and medical units were on hand. Our preliminary report indicates fifty-six injured, and three dead."
Pasadena, California
"He lived with his invalid mother in Pasadena."
Beijing, China
"I fly to Beijing Sunday, to join Hal and sign the letter of intent with the minister of transport."
Kaitak, Hong Kong
"Flight originated at Kaitak Hong Kong at 2200 hours yesterday."
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas
"I looked at that tape you gave me, where she talked to the reporters about the Dallas thing."
Colombia, South America
"NTSB has its hands full with the Colombia crash."
Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, California
"LAX 10:42 A.M. Driving in the van, Richman gave a long exhale. 'Jeez,' he said, 'Are they always so friendly?"
Burbank, California
"Dan Greene, the chubby operations inspector from the IFSDO, came on board, puffing from the climb up the metal stairs. 'Hey, guys, I got your certificate to ferry the plane to Burbank. I figured you want to take the bird to the plant."
Sepulveda Boulevard, Los Angeles, California
"The van left the runway, went through the chain-link gate, and out onto the street. They turned onto Sepulveda, and headed toward the rounded blue contours of the Centinela Hospital."
Centinela Hospital, Inglewood, California
"They turned onto Sepulveda, and headed toward the rounded blue contours of the Centinela Hospital."
San Juan, Puerto Rico
"EN ROUTE 1:05 P.M. 'The first episode occurred four years ago, on a flight to San Juan,' Casey said, as they drove back."
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
"But wasn't there something in Atlanta?' 'That's right,' she said. 'A DC-9 in Atlanta. How many people were killed? None. How many were injured? None."
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
"Richman frowned. 'The crash in Abu Dhabi that killed fifty-six people?"
Indonesia, Southeast Asia
"The crash in Indonesia that killed two hundred?"
Bogota, Colombia
"Bogota, that killed a hundred and fifty-three? You remember any of those?"
Hong Kong, China
"His name was Bennett; he was forty years old, a distributor for Guess jeans; he had gone to Hong Kong to visit the factory; he went four times a year, and always flew Transpacific."
LAX Maintenance Hangar, Los Angeles, California
"LAX MAINTENANCE HANGAR 1:22 PM. 'A what?' Kenny Burne said, shouting from the cockpit of Transpacific 545."
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
"Rotables?" "Spare tooling that we rotate into the line if something goes wrong with the first set. We built them to gear up for the China sale. The wing's the most time-consuming part to build; so the plan is to build the wings in our facility in Atlanta, and ship them back here."
Shanghai, China
"“But these tools we're crating up,” he said. “are for the wing. And the Teamsters on the loading dock are telling us these crates aren't going to Atlanta — they're going to Shanghai. The company's going to give the wing to China.”"
Hong Kong, China
"FROM: RICK RAKOSKI, FSR HK TO: CASEY SINGLETON, QA/IRT NORTON BBK TRANSPACIFIC AIRLINES TODAY REPORTS FLIGHT 545, ... FLYING FROM HK TO DENVER EXPERIENCED A TURBULENCE UPSET during cruise."
Dusseldorf, Germany
"The Washington office is all atwitter, they've heard the JAA is going to exploit this on Airbus's behalf. What a surprise. Fizer in Dusseldorf wants a confirm it was pilot error."
Milan, Italy
"Fizer in Milan wants information."
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
"Fizer in Abu Dhabi wants a week in Milan."
Bombay, India
"Fizer in Bombay heard engine failure."
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
"FROM: S. NIETO, FSR VANC TO: C. SINGLETON, QA/IRT FYI FLIGHT CREW TPA 545 DEADHEAD ON TPA 832, FROM LAX TO VANCOUVER, FIRST OFFICER LU ZAN PING TAKEN OFF THE AIRCRAFT AT VANCOUVER MEDICAL EMERGENCY DUE TO PREVIOUSLY UNRECOGNIZED HEAD INJURY."
San Fernando Mountains, California, United States
"She saw groups of men packing tools into large wooden crates. … The maintenance hangars in a row off to the west, lit by the sun rising over the San Fernando Mountains."
Gstaad, Switzerland
"You ski? Personally, I think the best skiing outside of Gstaad is Sun Valley. That's my favorite. You know, if you have to ski in the States."
Sun Valley, Idaho, United States
"You ski? Personally, I think the best skiing outside of Gstaad is Sun Valley. That's my favorite. You know, if you have to ski in the States."
Shanghai, China
"They think management's shipping the wing to Shanghai. I asked Marder. He says no."
Oklahoma, United States
"Go look it up. They're all on file at the FAA's Technical Center in Oklahoma City."
China, Asia
"After a year in China, she admired the efficiency and attention to detail of the Chinese."
Denver, Colorado
"FLYING FROM HK TO DENVER EXPERIENCED A TURBULENCE UPSET DURING CRUISE FL370 APPROXIMATELY 0524 UTC POSITION 39 NORTH/170 EAST. SOME PASSENGERS AND CREW SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. AIRCRAFT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING LAX."
Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, California
"But she noticed that the guards all wore sidearms. Casey couldn't remember seeing armed guards before. A hangar at LAX was a secure facility. There wasn't any need for the guards to be armed. Was there?"
Glendale, California
"GLENDALE 7:40 P.M. She was tired when she got home. The house seemed empty without Allison's lively chatter."
Golden State Freeway, Los Angeles, California
"She turned her Mustang convertible off the Golden State Freeway onto Empire Avenue, following the chain-link fence that marked the south perimeter of Burbank Airport."
Los Angeles, California
"The secretary passed sheets around the room. It was a report from the LA Traffic Control Center on a form marked 'Federal Aviation Administration / REPORT OF AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT."
LAX, Los Angeles, California
"It was the ferry flight from LAX. The big jet landed gently, puffed smoke at the wheels, and headed toward Maintenance Hangar 5."
Charlotte, North Carolina
"There was an autopilot problem on that USAir flight in Charlotte last year. Put the plane into an uncommanded roll."
Miami, Florida
"N-22 ROTR BURST MIAMI TV NOW BTOYA"
Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
"FROM: S. NIETO, FSR VANC TO: C. SINGLETON, QA/IRTF/O ZAN PING AT VANC GEN HOSPITAL FOLLOWING COMPLICATIONS FROM SURGERY REPORTED UNCONSCIOUS BUT STABLE. CARRIER REP MIKE LEE WAS AT THE HOSPITAL TODAY. I WILL TRY TO SEE F/O TOMORROW TO VERIFY HIS CONDITION AND INTERVIEW HIM IF POSSIBLE."
Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles, California, United States
"SEPULVEDA BLVD10:10 A.M. Fred Barker was solving all her problems. To start, Jennifer Malone needed a walk-to-work shot for Marty's voice-over intro ('We talked to Frederick Barker, a former FAA official, now a controversial crusader for aircraft safety'). Barker suggested a location on Sepulveda, with a sweeping view of the south runways of Los Angeles International Airport."
La Tijera, Los Angeles, California, United States
"There was a phone number at the top of the page, but no name. "A copy shop on La Tijera," Norma said. "Near the airport," Casey said."
Burbank, California
"BURBANK1:15P.M. Jennifer was fretting. She had had to leave Marty alone for a while. And it was never a good idea to leave Marty alone during a shoot..."
Glendale, California
"GLENDALE11:00 p.m. Newsline's closing credits were running when Casey's phone rang. An unfamiliar, gruff voice said, 'Casey Singleton?"
Hong Kong, China
"Hal Edgarton called: 'I'm in Hong Kong, and I've just been told by one of my board members that Newsline did not run a Norton story tonight."
Beijing, China
"Edgarton said, 'I'm leaving for Beijing in a few hours, to sign the sales agreement. John Marder was supposed to meet me there, but I'm told that, for some reason, he hasn't left California."
Yuma, Arizona
"SATURDAY NORTON TEST FACILITY YUMA, ARIZONA 4:45 A.M. A thin streak of red was starting to appear behind the flat range of the Gila Mountains to the east."
Shanghai, China
"HEADLINE: NORTON SELLS 50 WIDEBODY JETS TO CHINA TAILS TO BE MANUFACTURED IN SHANGHAI CASH FLOW AIDS DEVELOPMENT OF FUTUREJET. UNION LEADERS CRITICIZE LOSS OF JOBS."
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
"Casey was crossing the plant, heading over to IAA, when her cell phone rang. It was Steve Nieto, the Fixer in Vancouver. 'Bad news,' Nieto said..."
Washington, D.C., United States
"A printed section notes, 'Airbus had lobbied heavily, both in Beijing and Washington, for the sale."
Seoul, South Korea
"AIRBUS CONSIDERS KOREAN PARTNERSHIP – Songking Industries, the industrial conglomerate based in Seoul, has announced they are negotiating with Airbus Industrie."
Toulouse, France
"A printed article mentions 'Airbus Industrie of Toulouse' in discussions to manufacture major subassembly components."
Singapore, Singapore
"RICHMAN ARRESTED IN SINGAPORE – A youthful member of the Norton clan was arrested today by police in Singapore on charges of narcotics possession."
London, England
"He makes a note of his problem for the maintenance crews, and he continues on his way to London."
Seattle, Washington
"Marty Reardon was still in Seattle. His interview with Gates had run long, and he'd missed his plane."
Hong Kong, China
"My flight's in an hour," Edgarton said. "I'm going to Hong Kong to show my concern for the families of the deceased by personally visiting them."
Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, California
"Barker suggested a location on Sepulveda, with a sweeping view of the south runways of Los Angeles International Airport."
Glendale, California
"GLENDALE9:15P.M. Her daughter had left a message saying she was having a sleep‐over at Amy's house, and that Dad said it was all right."
Burbank, California
"…Norton Aircraft Company, Burbank, CA…"
Mid-City, Los Angeles, California, United States
"He's over the mid-Atlantic, FL three-thirty, point eight Mach."
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
"They've made another set of tools to fab the wing; the tools are about to be shipped to Atlanta."
China, Asia
"Union thinks we're selling them out on China."
Sepulveda Boulevard, Los Angeles, California
"SEPULVEDA BOULEVARD10:45 A.M. Fred Barker was sweating. The air conditioner was turned off in his office, and now, under Marty Reardon's insistent questioning, sweat trickled down his cheeks, glistened in his beard, dampened his shirt..."