Tiger in the Sea: The Ditching of Flying Tiger 923 and the Desperate Struggle for Survival

Lindner, Eric

ISBN 10: 1493031562 / ISBN 13: 9781493031566

Published by Lyons Press, 2021

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Synopsis:

September 1962: On a moonless night over the raging Atlantic Ocean, a thousand miles from land, the engines of Flying Tiger flight 923 to Germany burst into flames, one by one. Pilot John Murray didn’t have long before the plane crashed headlong into the 20-foot waves at 120 mph. As the four flight attendants donned life vests, collected sharp objects, and explained how to brace for the ferocious impact, 68 passengers clung to their seats: elementary schoolchildren from Hawaii, a teenage newlywed from Germany, a disabled Normandy vet from Cape Cod, an immigrant from Mexico, and 30 recent graduates of the 82nd Airborne’s Jump School. They all expected to die. Murray radioed out “Mayday” as he attempted to fly down through gale-force winds into the rough water, hoping the plane didn’t break apart when it hit the sea.

About the Author:

Eric Lindner is an attorney and a Washington, D.C. native. He holds a BBA from George Washington University, a joint JD-MBA from The University of Chicago, and currently teaches graduate business ethics at Georgetown University. His business background (he sold his company in 2011) includes work with domestic and international airports, the FAA, the Coast Guard, and Lockheed. His avid interest in the Cold War, sparked by his mother’s tenure at the CIA (she was hired in 1948), has included not only extensive reading but also visits to many of its key flash-points, including Moscow, Leningrad, Budapest, Prague, and Berlin.

Lindner is also a proven interviewer. In Hospice Voices: Lessons for Living at the End of Life (Rowman & Littlefield, 2013), his ability to elicit confessions and other intimate, never-before-known details about long-ago events was praised by leading doctors and caregivers, as well as the BBC, AARP, Publisher’s Weekly, The Washington Independent Review of Books, and Booklist’s Rebecca Vnuk, who included it in her Top 5 memoirs of the year.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Tiger in the Sea: The Ditching of Flying ...
Publisher: Lyons Press
Publication Date: 2021
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good