Engine Failure With an 'Eye in the Sky'

摘要

This engine falure did not occur in my airplane, and I wasn't the pilot. Nevertheless, I was personally and embarrassingly involved in the process that led to the incident. It all started when I, as an aviation journalist, embarked on a series titled "Careers in Aviation" and arranged to write about a day in the life of an air traffic reporter - you know, one of those eye-in-the-sky folks who describe how traffic is moving, or, in the case of the Los Angeles area, not moving.