Airport (Unabridged) - Arthur Hailey

Описание книги «Airport (Unabridged) - Arthur Hailey» слушай бесплатно в хорошем качестве The number one New York Times best-selling thriller about an airport thrust into chaos by a whiteout blizzard: «A spellbinder» (The Denver Post).

From traffic control to Customs hall, from the airport manager`s office to lay-over apartments in `Stewardesses` Row` the rooms are filled with men and women whose private pressures and passions match the fury of the blizzard that sweeps across the runways outside… For seven hours of suspense, a blocked runway, suicide, pickets, an aerial stowaway, pregnancy, smuggling, mass demonstrations, and a psychotic with his home-made bomb build to a nail-biting climax...

As a raging blizzard wreaks havoc at Lincoln International Airport outside Chicago, airport and airline personnel try to cope with this unstoppable force of nature that is endangering thousands of lives. And in the air, a lone plane struggles to reach its destination. Over the course of seven pulse-pounding hours, a tense human drama plays out as a brilliant airport manager, an arrogant pilot, a tough maintenance man, and a beautiful stewardess strive to avert disaster.

Featuring a diverse cast of vibrant characters, Airport is both a realistic depiction of the airline industry and a novel of nail-biting suspense.
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