Sylvia Wrigley

Sylvia Wrigley is a pilot and aviation writer who has been obsessing about aviation safety for over a decade.

Her aviation books include her personal memoir, You Fly Like a Woman, the first detailed book released about The Mystery of Malaysia Airlines flight 370 and her popular aviation investigation series, Why Planes Crash.

She’s worked across all modern media including:

Newspapers

Contributor to The Guardian, Piper Flyer, Forbes, BBC News and many other reputable news venues.

TV

Aviation expert featured on the Discovery Channel series Aircrash Confidential, the Russian Channel 1 News, French Channel M6 Disparition du vol MH370 and NTV.ru Central Television program.

Web

Creator of and sole contributor to Fear of Landing, with associated social media connections.

Her website https://fearoflanding.com continues to be a successful reference for aviation accidents, investigations and history, with over a quarter of a million unique visitors in 2017. She'd love it if you would come take a look and maybe leave a comment.

Her series, Why Planes Crash, launched in May 2013. The first book of the series covers eleven accidents and incidents in 2001, including the disastrous runway incursion at Linate, the near-miss over Tokyo, the Avjet crash at Aspen, the Twin Towers and American Airlines Flight 587 disintegrating over Queens. The series currently covers from 2001 to 2003.

Her latest book, the first volume of Without a Trace, covers the true stories of aviation mysteries which have baffled investigators for years.