Terror over the Tarheel State

by Steven Jacobs

Overview

National Flight 643 pulled up to the gate nearly an hour behind schedule. The Boeing 707 aircraft was supposed to make a quick turn-around and get back in the air in less than thirty minutes, but this was not to be. During the preflight inspection, a maintenance issue was discovered, requiring a lengthy repair. Luckily, on this night, two smaller aircraft happened to be sitting in reserve. Both aircraft were quickly brought up and pressed into service.
Finally, in the early pre-dawn hours of January 6, 1960, both replacement aircraft roared down the runway and disappeared into the night. After receiving clearance to depart, Flight 1152, one of the two replacement aircraft, took off from Idlewild Airport, destined for sunny Florida, but it never arrived.
Instead, Flight 1152 broke up and crashed into the rural farmlands of North Carolina. But why? Within hours, the FBI and the Civil Aeronautics Board were on the scene, trying to figure out precisely what had happened. Was it a mechanical issue, or was something more sinister to blame? After five years of tireless work amassing a mountain of circumstantial evidence, the FBI settled on the theory of suicide by a passenger aboard the flight and quietly closed the case. Was the FBI correct? Was it suicide, murder, or something else entirely? What happened that night and why it happened is still as much a mystery today as it was on that fateful night sixty-one years ago. Inspired by actual events. What really happened that night? You be the judge.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940186431060
Publisher:	Steven Jacobs
Publication date:	12/04/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	235 KB

About the Author

Steven Jacobs was born in 1971 in Wilmington, North Carolina, and at an early age, he became interested in all aspects of history. He became a history buff by watching old movies with his father that contained great actors such as Cary Grant, John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Steve McQueen, and many others.
Later in high school, Steven excelled in United States history, especially in the turbulent years of the early to mid-1900s, and this is where his love for military history flourished. By the time Steven was thirty-five years old, he had read countless books on United States history with a focus on the era of World War II.
At the age of forty-five, he wrote his first book about the disappearance of a German U-boat in World War II called The Disappearance of U-491. Steven had such a wonderful time writing his first book that he continued writing and, to date, has just finished his twelfth book.
Now at the age of fifty, Steven lives in Columbia, South Carolina, with his wife and son, and he has worked for the government for fifteen years.
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