asking whether she needed help.
Pauline didn’t mind being underestimated.
Most of the time, it was easier to let people believe whatever they wanted.
But she had never forgotten how to recognize an aircraft in trouble.
And on that commercial flight, the trouble had begun long before anyone in the cabin heard the captain’s announcement.
Chapter Two: Something Was Wrong
The flight had departed Las Vegas shortly after noon.
Pauline was traveling to attend a small aviation history conference in Nevada, where she had agreed to participate in a discussion