5 Things You Should Know About 35 Miles From Shore: The Ditching and Rescue of ALM Flight 980 by Emilio Corsetti III @emiliocorsetti #5Things
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May 11, 2020
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Emilio Corsetti III is a professional pilot and author. Emilio has
written for both regional and national publications including the
Chicago Tribune, Multimedia Producer, and Professional Pilot magazine.
Emilio’s first book 35 Miles From Shore: The Ditching and Rescue of ALM Flight 980
tells the true story of an airline ditching in the Caribbean Sea and
the efforts to rescue those who survived. Emilio’s latest release Scapegoat: A Flight Crew’s Journey from Heroes to Villains to Redemption
tells the true story of an airline crew wrongly blamed for causing a
near-fatal accident and the captain’s decades-long battle to clear his
name. Emilio is a graduate of St. Louis University. He and his wife Lynn
reside in Dallas, TX.
Blog: https://www.35milesfromshore.com (dedicated website)
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmilioCorsetti
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Emilio.Corsetti.III
On May 2, 1970, a DC-9 jet departed New York’s JFK international
airport en route to the tropical island of St. Maarten. The flight ended
four hours and thirty-four minutes later in the shark-infested waters
of the Caribbean. The subsequent rescue of survivors involved the Coast
Guard, Navy, and Marines. In this gripping account of that fateful day,
author Emilio Corsetti puts the reader inside the cabin, the cockpit,
and the rescue helicopters as the crews struggle against the weather to
rescue the survivors who have only their life vests and a lone escape
chute to keep them afloat.
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Website Address: https://www.EmilioCorsetti.comBlog: https://www.35milesfromshore.com (dedicated website)
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmilioCorsetti
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Emilio.Corsetti.III
5 Things You Should Know About 35 Miles From Shore:
The Ditching and Rescue of ALM Flight 980
It
happened fifty years ago this May
Many
of the people in this story are still alive
I
have written a screenplay adaptation
I am
working on a possible documentary about this story
The
plane has not been seen since it slipped beneath the waves some fifty years
ago, but I know where it is.