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When a commercial airliner en route from Honolulu to San Francisco suffers engine fire and a propeller loss, the pilot and crew face a life‑or‑death choice: ditch in the sea or rally for a dangerous landing. Bound by personal tensions—between a seasoned pilot’s growing fear, an older steward’s reluctance to quit, a navigator’s forbidden love, and others—each passenger’s stories intersect as the crew’s calm judgment is tested. Amid the looming threat, the aircrew’s decision to continue toward an airport rather than abandon ship brings the vessel safely back to land.
First publish date: 1953
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Ernest K. Gann
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