¶ … John J. Nance presents to his audience a technical detective story in the form of his novel Final Approach. The book is primarily based upon how and why the North American Airline, Flight 255 crashed. On a rainy night, when the whether conditions seems to be awful, the North American Airline 255 flying to Kansas, descends from the turbulent sky and mysteriously crashes. Its crew had previously informed the passengers of the airline that the skies were safe: they obviously lied The incident happens to be one of the most shocking aviation catastrophes of the decade. A large number of passengers and crewmembers die during the horrifying accident. The public and the technical staff of the airline are left in awe, since according to them it should have never happened in the first place. Joe Wallingford, the main character of the novel, is then assigned by the National Investigation Safety Board, the...

Nance, Final Approach). Joe is faced with a number of questions such as, was the disaster a result of human or technical error and did the outer electronic interference, such as that from the secret SDI radar disrupt the flight controls? After a tiresome and tedious journey, Joe investigates the scenes usually closed to the flying public and pursues to detect what the destruction is telling him and what certain people are trying to hide from him. Later in the novel, Joe receives a mysterious call from an anonymous caller who informs him that the airline crash was due to sabotage involving a racist right wing politician. The news switches the entire media into frenzy and at this point Joe realizes that he is fighting against time. After further investigation, Joe realizes the hidden but disastrous effects of the complex…