The release date for the English version of 'Airframe' by
Michael Crichton is Jan 2006. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
The call to air traffic control comes in from a twin jet aircraft that is traveling from Hong Kong to Denver, and it is only a green radar blip thirty minutes off the coast of California:
Hey, this is TransPacific 545, the Socal Approach. There is an urgent matter. The pilot says he needs forty ambulances on the runway and asks for priority permission to land.
However, nothing can prepare the rescue personnel for the devastation they see as soon as they board the aircraft.
There are ninety-four wounded passengers. Three fatalities. The inside of the cabin was all but ruined.
What happened with Flight TPA 545?