Pump Up Your Book Presents Scapegoat: A Flight Crew’s Journey From Heroes to Villains to Redemption Virtual Book Publicity Tour

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Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Emilio Corsetti’s SCAPEGOAT: A FLIGHT CREW’S JOURNEY FROM HEROES TO VILLAINS TO REDEMPTION virtual book tour August 1 – September 30!

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Inside the Book

Title: Scapegoat: A Flight Crew’s Journey from Heroes to Villians to Redemption
Author: Emilio Corsetti
Publisher: Odyssey Publishing, LLC
Pages: 472
Genre: Nonfiction Narrative

“This is the kind of case the Board has never had to deal with-a head-on collision between the credibility of a flight crew versus the airworthiness of the aircraft.” NTSB Investigator-in-Charge Leslie Dean Kampschror

On April 4, 1979, a Boeing 727 with 82 passengers and a crew of 7 rolled over and plummeted from an altitude of 39,000 feet to within seconds of crashing were it not for the crew’s actions to save the plane. The cause of the unexplained dive was the subject of one of the longest NTSB investigations at that time.

While the crew’s efforts to save TWA 841 were initially hailed as heroic, that all changed when safety inspectors found twenty-one minutes of the thirty-minute cockpit voice recorder tape blank. The captain of the flight, Harvey “Hoot” Gibson, subsequently came under suspicion for deliberately erasing the tape in an effort to hide incriminating evidence. The voice recorder was never evaluated for any deficiencies.

From that moment on, the investigation was focused on the crew to the exclusion of all other evidence. It was an investigation based on rumors, innuendos, and speculation. Eventually the NTSB, despite sworn testimony to the contrary, blamed the crew for the incident by having improperly manipulated the controls, leading to the dive.

This is the story of an NTSB investigation gone awry and one pilot’s decades-long battle to clear his name.

Scapegoat: A Flight Crew’s Journey from Heroes to Villains to Redemption is available at Amazon and B&N.

Meet the Author

Emilio Corsetti III

Emilio Corsetti III is a professional pilot and author. Emilio has written for both regional and national publications including the Chicago Tribune, Multimedia Producer, and Professional Pilot magazine. Emilio is the author of the book 35 Miles From Shore: The Ditching and Rescue of ALM Flight 980. The upcoming book Scapegoat: A Flight Crew’s Journey from Heroes to Villains to Redemption tells the true story of an airline crew wrongly blamed for causing a near-fatal accident and the captain’s decades-long battle to clear his name. Emilio is a graduate of St. Louis University. He and his wife Lynn reside in Dallas, TX.

For More Information

Tour Schedule

Monday, August 1 – Interview at PUYB Virtual Book Club

Tuesday, August 2 – Book Featured at The Writer’s Life

Wednesday, August 3 – Book Review at Stormy Nights Reviewing & Bloggin’

Thursday, August 4 – Interview at Straight From the Author’s Mouth

Friday, August 5 – Book Featured at The Bookworm Lodge

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Monday, August 8 – Book Review at Cheryl’s Book Nook

Tuesday, August 9 – Book Featured at Bound 2 Escape

Wednesday, August 10 – Book Featured at Authors & Readers Book Corner

Thursday, August 11 – Interview at The Literary Nook

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Monday, August 15 – Interview at I’m Shelf-ish

Wednesday, August 17 – Book Featured at A Title Wave

Thursday, August 18 – Book Featured at Hooked From Page One

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Monday, August 22 – Guest Blogging at StoreyBook Reviews

Tuesday, August 23 – Book Review at 3 Partners in Shopping

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Monday, August 29 – Book Featured at The Book Rack

Tuesday, August 30 – Guest Blogging at Lori’s Reading Corner

Wednesday, August 31 – Book Featured at Literal Exposure

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Monday, September 5 – Guest Blogging at Book Cover Junkie

Tuesday, September 6 – Interview at The Dark Phantom

Wednesday, September 7 – Book Featured at Mello & June: It’s a Book Thang!

Thursday, September 8 – Interview at Literarily Speaking

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Monday, September 12 – Book Review at The World As I See It

Tuesday, September 13 – Interview at Confessions of an Eccentric Bookaholic

Wednesday, September 14 – Book Featured at Write and Take Flight

Thursday, September 15 – Interview at The Writer’s Life

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Monday, September 19 – Book Featured at SheWrites

Tuesday, September 20 – Interview at My Bookish Pleasures

Wednesday, September 21 – Guest Blogging at The Story Behind the Book

Thursday, September 22 – Interview at The Review From Here

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Monday, September 26 – Book Featured at Beyond the Books

Tuesday, September 27 – Book Review at Bookjunkie’s Book Blog

Wednesday, September 28 – Character Interview at Pimp That Character

Thursday, September 29 – Guest Blogging at Literal Exposure

Friday, September 30 – Book Review at Deal Sharing Aunt

Friday, September 30 – Book Feature at Just Us Book Blog

 


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