Talk:Airframe (novel)

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Oh good grief! Is this a blurb from the dust-jacket or was Crichton's agent at that IP address? ToDo list for de-puffery. Autiger 03:41, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

De-puffed... feel free to add.--J-Star 16:33, 2005 Jun 18 (UTC)

Contents 1 Its Ok 2 McDonnell-Douglas 3 The MD-11 incident 4 It was an MD-11, not DC-10-10 5 Aeroflot flight 593

[edit] Its Ok

The Story is OK. the theme is alright, and the suspence is great. I give this book a 8.5, from a scale of 1-10

[edit] McDonnell-Douglas

I read this and as the article describes, there was a strong link to deals and joint ventures with Chinese government. I read in the McDonnell-Douglas article that they were also trying a joint venture with the Chinese, one of the reasons for their eventual death. It would seem likely that the Chinese aspect was at least partially based on McDonnell-Douglas even if they were presented as a seperate company (and the N-22 incident was based on a MD-11 incident anyway). Any comments? Nil Einne 19:08, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

1. Yes, I think it's possible that Crichton did base some aspects of the story around this incident, and the similarity is too uncanny to ignore. I think you could just be bold and add it in, but what would be even better is finding a book review that says the same thing, then we'll have a source and it won't be mere speculation.
2. As for the MD-11 incident, if there's enough data available, by all means go ahead. It would probably be best to go to List_of_accidents_and_incidents_on_commercial_airliners_grouped_by_airline#China_Eastern_Airlines and add it there, since that's the airline which owned the MD-11. -- Saikiri~ 22:32, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] The MD-11 incident

The N-22 incident was based on an MD-11 incident. The MD-11 page doesn't mention any incidents. I guess it's fairly minor, compared to the Airframe version but is it worth a wiki page? Anyone ready to add one? Nil Einne 19:11, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] It was an MD-11, not DC-10-10

I don't know where the editor for the June 7 edit found that the real life accident would have been on an DC-10-10. The accompanying link on aviation-safety.net clearly identifies the plane as an MD-11 and searching the serial number on airliners.net shows nohting other than it being an MD-11(F).

/J

[edit] Aeroflot flight 593

The article says that the accident was modelled after a 1993 accident of MD-11. There was another accident in the same timeframe - Aeroflot Flight 593 crash in March of 1994, it may have been more closely related to the story in the book. --Itinerant1 20:03, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Seems like the book is a blend of these two accidents. I do think however that the 1993 accident is the main inspiration and that the Aeroflot crash is more coincidence. But that's just me guessing. :) --J-Star 08:17, 13 July 2006 (UTC)