Star Dust falling : the story of the plane that vanished / Jay Rayner.
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TextPublication details: London : Doubleday, 2002Description: 260 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 038560226XSubject(s): British South American Airways Corporation -- History | Star Dust (Airplane) | Star Dust (Airplane) | Aeronautics, Commercial -- South America -- History | Aircraft accidents -- Investigation -- South America | Aircraft accidents -- Andes | Lancaster (Bomber) | Aircraft accidents | Lancaster (Bomber) | AndesDDC classification: 387.742098 | 363.12465098 | 363.12/465/098264 LOC classification: TL553.53.A52 | R39 2002Summary: In August 1947 in the highest of the High Andes, one of the earliest long-haul passsenger aircraft, a Lancastrian called Star Dus, disappeared en route to Santiago, Chile. It left behind only questions: was it sabotage; was there a hoard of gold on board ; and what was the meaning of the radio operator's mysterious final message before the airwaves fell silent? Only with the discovery of the wreckage by two Argentinian climbers in January 2000 could those questions at last begin to be answered.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 254-255)
In August 1947 in the highest of the High Andes, one of the earliest long-haul passsenger aircraft, a Lancastrian called Star Dus, disappeared en route to Santiago, Chile. It left behind only questions: was it sabotage; was there a hoard of gold on board ; and what was the meaning of the radio operator's mysterious final message before the airwaves fell silent? Only with the discovery of the wreckage by two Argentinian climbers in January 2000 could those questions at last begin to be answered.
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