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* BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler: Marder and Richman]]
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* BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler: Marder and Richman]]Richman]].
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** Captain John Chang, the pilot of the flight, had logged over 6000 hours of flight experience and had just been evaluated as "Outstanding" by Norton's own simulators three months prior... So how this could have happened while he was flying is one of the central questions of the investigation. [[spoiler: Turns out he wasn't flying the planeat all.]]
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** Captain John Chang, the pilot of the flight, had logged over 6000 hours of flight experience and had just been evaluated as "Outstanding" by Norton's own simulators three months prior... So how this could have happened while he was flying is one of the central questions of the investigation. [[spoiler: Turns out he wasn't flying the planeat plane at all.]]
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* RunForTheBorder: Most of the TPA 545 crew (including the flight deck crew) immediately caught a connecting TPA flight from LAX to Vancouver, making them unavailable for questioning by the IRT.
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* RunForTheBorder: Most of the TPA 545 crew (including the flight deck crew) immediately caught a connecting the next TPA flight from LAX to Vancouver, leaving LAX, making them unavailable for questioning by the IRT.IRT. TPA's representative defends the crew by saying they legally did nothing wrong and are, in fact, doing the responsible thing by returning to Hong Kong to face any civil or criminal liability.
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* RunForTheBorder: Most of the TPA 545 crew (including the flight deck crew) immediately caught a connecting TPA flight from LAX to Vancouver, making them unavailable for questioning by the IRT.
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On a routine flight across the Pacific, a Norton N-22 airliner operated by Hong Kong charter company [=TransPacific=] Airlines encounters what the pilot describes as "severe turbulence". The plane makes an emergency landing in Los Angeles with three people dead, dozens more injured, and the interior of the plane in tatters. Norton Aircraft's Incident Response Team is convened to look into the incident and try to determine what happened: was it a design flaw, mechanical failure, or human error?
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On a routine flight across the Pacific, Pacific a Norton N-22 airliner operated by Hong Kong charter company [=TransPacific=] Airlines encounters what the pilot describes as "severe turbulence". The plane makes an emergency landing in Los Angeles with three people dead, dozens more injured, and the interior of the plane in tatters. The plane's manufacturer, Norton Aircraft's Aircraft, follows usual procedure by convening its Incident Response Team is convened to look into the incident try and try to determine what happened: happened to TPA 545: was it a design flaw, mechanical failure, or human error?
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It falls to HonestCorporateExecutive Casey Singleton, a newly promoted Vice President of Quality Assurance and member of the IRT, to find out what happened while preserving the name and reputation of the company. The search for the truth is further complicated as the news media begin to get wind of what happened and start nosing around.
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It falls to HonestCorporateExecutive Casey Singleton, a newly promoted Vice President of Quality Assurance and member of the IRT, to find out what happened while preserving the name and reputation of the company. The search for the truth is further complicated as the news media begin a sensationalist PrimeTimeNews show begins to get wind of what happened and start starts nosing around.
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* AcePilot: Captain John Chang, the pilot of the flight, had logged over 6000 hours of flight experience and had just been evaluated as "Outstanding" by Norton's own simulators three months prior... So how this could have happened while he was flying is one of the central questions of the investigation. [[spoiler: Turns out he wasn't flying the planeat all.]] Norton test pilot Ted Rawley also qualifies.
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* AcePilot: AcePilot:
** Captain John Chang, the pilot of the flight, had logged over 6000 hours of flight experience and had just been evaluated as "Outstanding" by Norton's own simulators three months prior... So how this could have happened while he was flying is one of the central questions of the investigation. [[spoiler: Turns out he wasn't flying the planeat all.]] ]]
** Norton test pilot TedRawley also qualifies.Rawley, considering that part of his job involves re-creating the incident to confirm the IRT's hypothesis.
** Captain John Chang, the pilot of the flight, had logged over 6000 hours of flight experience and had just been evaluated as "Outstanding" by Norton's own simulators three months prior... So how this could have happened while he was flying is one of the central questions of the investigation. [[spoiler: Turns out he wasn't flying the planeat all.
** Norton test pilot Ted
* BewareTheQuietOnes: Casey is generally level-headed and no-nonsense, but she takes a certain amount of pleasure watching Malone's terror while they are recreating the incident.
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[spoiler:Richman is from one of the "lesser branches" of the Norton family and initially comes off as a clueless trust fund kid, but he's actually in on Marder's scheme to take over the company.]]
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[spoiler:Richman is from one of the "lesser branches" lesser branches of the Norton family and initially comes off as a clueless trust fund kid, but he's actually in on Marder's scheme to take over the company.]]
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* AudienceSurrogate: Many of the early infodumps take the form of Casey explaining some aspect of aircraft design or engineering to Richman.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: Hal makes Casey the head of media relations at Norton after her demonstration.
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* DoubleMeaningTitle: Airframe is the technical term for the physical structure of an aircraft, and also alludes to [[spoiler:Marder and Richman's plan to have Casey take the fall for ruining the China sale]].
* EarnYourHappyEnding:Hal makes Casey is promoted to the head of media relations at Norton after her demonstration.the events of the novel.
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-->''"A DC-9 in Atlanta. How many people were killed? None. How many were injured? None. Why do you remember it? Because there was film at eleven."
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-->''"A DC-9 in Atlanta. How many people were killed? None. How many were injured? None. Why do you remember it? Because there was film at eleven.""''
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* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:Marder wants to sabotage the China deal and is setting Casey up to take the fall by leaking to the media. The failure of the China sale will be blamed on Casey mishandling the IRT, Egarton will be fired as CEO, and Marder will then swoop in to present the bigger deal he's secretly arranged with Korea.]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[spoiler:Richman is presented as a clueless trust fund kid from one of the "lesser branches" of the Norton family, but he's actually in on Marder's scheme to take over the company.]]
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* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:Marder wants to sabotage the China deal and is setting Casey up to take the fall by leaking to the media. The failure of the China sale will be blamed on Casey mishandling the IRT, Egarton Edgarton will be fired as CEO, and Marder will then swoop in to present the bigger deal he's secretly arranged with Korea.]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[spoiler:Richman ispresented as a clueless trust fund kid from one of the "lesser branches" of the Norton family, family and initially comes off as a clueless trust fund kid, but he's actually in on Marder's scheme to take over the company.]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[spoiler:Richman is
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* AstroTurf: The Institute for Aviation Research, despite its academic sounding name, is a PR firm working for Airbus. They put out frequent news releases attacking the N-22's safety record since Airbus is vying for the China contract against Norton.
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* HideYourChildren: With all of the dramatic happenings and threats Casey is facing, it's a good thing that this happens to be the week Casey's ex-husband has custody of their daughter.
