Also, the number of technical errors just in that one chapter is astounding. Only some can be attributed to character error. Some somewhat. The (which one, the captain or the co-pilot) talking about the flight recorder might happen, but usually they would start the explanation with »first of all, there are two recorders, the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder ...«. Some are just the author not doing the most basic research. The spiral staircase of a Boeing 747-400. Yeah, no. The newer 747, like the 400, have a straight staircase, not a spiral one.

Stuff like believing the APU will keep running after the fuel is gone works as character error, but what exactly did he think that think would run on? (The answer is obviously that he didn’t think.)