Airport

"January. Friday. Six thirty in the evening. Lincoln International Airport in Illinois was open, but all its services were operating at maximum stress." Thus begins the famous novel by Arthur Hailey. An explosion erupted on board the plane... An emergency... landing was necessary, impossible due to a snowstorm that cut the airport off from the outside world. No, this is not a detective story. This is the everyday life of a giant airport, a peculiar microcosm where people work, feud, and strive for success. This is just one day in the life of the airport...
We offer readers the unadapted text of the novel, accompanied by comments and a dictionary.
Comments and dictionary by K.Yu. Mikhno.