Airframe (novel)
1996 novel by Michael Crichton / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Airframe is a novel by the American writer Michael Crichton, his eleventh under his own name and twenty-first overall, first published in 1996, in hardcover, by Knopf, just months after the crash of Tarom Flight 371. As a paperback, Airframe was released in 1997 by Ballantine Books. The plot follows Casey Singleton, a quality assurance vice president at the fictional aerospace manufacturer Norton Aircraft, as she investigates an in-flight accident aboard a Norton-manufactured airliner that leaves three passengers dead and 56 injured.
Author | Michael Crichton |
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Cover artist | Chip Kidd |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Techno-thriller |
Publisher | Knopf |
Publication date | 1996 |
Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
Pages | 352 |
ISBN | 0-679-44648-6 |
OCLC | 35723547 |
813/.54 21 | |
LC Class | PS3553.R48 A77 1996 |
Airframe remains one of Crichton's few novels not adapted to film. Crichton stated this was due to the great expense needed to make such a film. The novel's dense technical details for the accident investigation may also have hindered cinematic adaptations.