Corsair [Oregon Files 6] by Clive Cussler; Jack B. Du Brul

Author:Clive Cussler; Jack B. Du Brul
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Juan (Fictitious Character), Action & Adventure, Libya, Fiction, Cabrillo, Suspense, Missing Women, Thrillers, Missing Persons
ISBN: 9780425233290
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2010-02-23T00:00:00+00:00

“Do you have any preliminary ideas what happened to the plane?”

“From what we can tell — and this is very, very early — the aircraft lost part of its tail section sometime during the flight. We don’t know why, because it has not been recovered here at the scene. We’re sending out our chopper in a few minutes to visually search what we know to be the flight path. This damage could have caused a loss of hydraulic fluid as well as the failure of its rudder and elevators. Without the hydraulic system, the flaps, ailerons, slats, and spoilers on the main wings would have also failed.

Had this been the case, the plane would have been difficult, if not impossible, to control.”

Ghami asked, “Is there any indication why part of the tail was lost?”

“Nothing yet,” Jewison replied. “We’ll get an idea once we find it.”

“And if you don’t?” This was from Moon. The question wasn’t a deliberate provocation, but he was curious about Ghami’s reaction. Just because he personally liked the man didn’t mean he had forgotten his role here.

“Barring some other evidence, it would officially be classified as reasons unknown.”

Ghami looked to the Ambassador. “Charles, I promise you that it will be located and the reason for this tragedy explained.”

“No offense, Minister,” Jewison interrupted, “but that may not be a promise you can keep. I’ve been a crash investigator for eighteen years. I’ve seen everything there is to see, including an airliner that exploded in midair and was pulled out of the ocean off Long Island. That was a relatively straightforward investigation compared to this. We can’t tell what damage was done by the crash and what was done by your people.” Ghami made to protest, and Jewison staved him off with a gesture. “I mean the nomads. They’re Libyan so they’re your people, is all I mean.”

“The nomads are citizens of no country but the desert.”

“Either way, they messed with this scene so badly I don’t know if even finding the tail will give us a definitive answer.”

Ghami held the aviation expert’s stare. “Ambassador Moon and other representatives of your government have explained to me that you are the best in the world at what you do, Mr. Jewison. I have their assurance and thus their confidence that you will find an answer. I am certain that you treat each and every airline disaster with your utmost efforts, but you must surely know the gravity of this situation and the importance of what you find.”

Jewison looked from one man to the other. His expression was even more dour as he came to understand that politics was going to play as large a part in his search as forensic science.

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