5:10 p.m.: 16-year-old Heidi Landseth is in her home near New York City. Her parents are away on business and she is lonely and bored. 5:15 p.m.: Across town, 17-year-old Patrick Farquhar, a volunteer rescue worker, longs for an emergency. 5:30 p.m.: Flight #116, a 747 jumbo jet, is nearing the New York area.5:41 p.m.: Suddenly, a deafening roar fills the air and a violent wind sucks Heidi's breath from her body. A huge plane has crashed in the woods just beyond her house. Mustering strength and courage, Heidi--alone at first, and then with the aid of Patrick and hundreds of others--works to help the victims. It is a night that will change her life.
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Flight #116 is Down!
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Release Date
September 01, 1993
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0590444794
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(Updated: July 12, 2026)
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Reader reviewed by PJR
"Flight #116 is Down!" is a great book about young people stepping up to the plate in the event of a catastrophe. In the book, a 747 crashes in Heidi's yard. Heidi is an average student, an average person, someone that fades in the background and doesn't like anything unplanned.
The other main character of the book is Patrick, a 17 year-old junior EMT on the local rescue squad. He's been wanting something terrible to happen - not because he's a horrible person, but because he's a trained EMT and wants a chance to prove himself.
Throughout the book, we grow to like Heidi and Patrick very much. We also become quite attached to most of the passengers on the plane.
My 7th graders love this book and I'd recommend it highly to that age group.
"Flight #116 is Down!" is a great book about young people stepping up to the plate in the event of a catastrophe. In the book, a 747 crashes in Heidi's yard. Heidi is an average student, an average person, someone that fades in the background and doesn't like anything unplanned.
The other main character of the book is Patrick, a 17 year-old junior EMT on the local rescue squad. He's been wanting something terrible to happen - not because he's a horrible person, but because he's a trained EMT and wants a chance to prove himself.
Throughout the book, we grow to like Heidi and Patrick very much. We also become quite attached to most of the passengers on the plane.
My 7th graders love this book and I'd recommend it highly to that age group.
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Reader reviewed by chick box
wow. this book was sooo good. i couldnt put it down once! i loved it. this is what its about:
Patrick is a young volunteer for search and rescue. then a jumbo jet crashes in the back yard of a girl named Heidi. Alone, heidi first tries to help save some of the passangers in the plane. Later, Patrick comes with a hundred of other people to help the dying passangers. this book was great because it shows how humans tend to unite when we are in trouble.
wow. this book was sooo good. i couldnt put it down once! i loved it. this is what its about:
Patrick is a young volunteer for search and rescue. then a jumbo jet crashes in the back yard of a girl named Heidi. Alone, heidi first tries to help save some of the passangers in the plane. Later, Patrick comes with a hundred of other people to help the dying passangers. this book was great because it shows how humans tend to unite when we are in trouble.
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Great book
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Reader reviewed by Jamie
Sometime around 5:41 PM a plan crases in New York. The plan didn't crash just anywhere normal is Crashed in the woods behind Heidi's house. So heidi starts to help the hurt soon millions come to help. This night will change Heidi's life but why? read and you'll find out!
Sometime around 5:41 PM a plan crases in New York. The plan didn't crash just anywhere normal is Crashed in the woods behind Heidi's house. So heidi starts to help the hurt soon millions come to help. This night will change Heidi's life but why? read and you'll find out!
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