На грани катастрофы

Pervyĭ roman Artura Kheĭli - svoeobraznai͡a vizitnai͡a kartochka pisateli͡a. Kniga, stavshai͡a osnovoĭ ostrosi͡uzhetnogo kinofilʹma....Reĭs-katastrofa. Polet, kotoryĭ mozhet statʹ poslednim dli͡a passazhirov. Oba pilota poteri͡ali soznanie v rezulʹtate otravlenii͡a.Upravlenie samoletom vynuzhden vzi͡atʹ na sebi͡a odin iz passazhirov - Dzhon Spenser, v posledniĭ raz sidevshiĭ za shturvalom mnogo let nazad.Zhiznʹ desi͡atkov li͡udeĭ visit na voloske - i vse zavisit ot togo, sumeet li Spenser posaditʹ mashinu v aėroportu Vankuvera. A k mestu posadki uzhe stekaetsi͡a vezdesushchai͡a pressa...

Arthur Haley's first novel is a kind of visiting card of the writer. The book that became the basis of an action-packed movie....The flight is a disaster. A flight that may be the last for passengers. Both pilots lost consciousness as a result of poisoning.One of the passengers, John Spencer, who last sat at the helm many years ago, is forced to take control of the aircraft.The lives of dozens of people are hanging by a thread - and it all depends on whether Spencer is able to land a car at Vancouver airport. And the ubiquitous press is already flocking to the landing site...