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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster is a 1997 bestselling nonfiction book written by Jon Krakauer. Krakauer describes the events leading up to his eventual decision to participate in an Everest expedition in May 1996, despite having mostly given up mountain climbing years before. However, the idea of going to Everest reawakened his childhood desire to climb the mountain. It details Krakauer’s experience in the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, in which eight climbers were killed and several others were stranded by a storm. The aircraft participating included 49 Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker; 29 Boeing KC-46 Pegasus; four McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extenders, and aircraft receiving fuel included 21 Lockheed C-130 Hercules; 13 Boeing C-17 Globemaster III; ten McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle; eight Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor; six Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II; five General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcons; four Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II; two Boeing B-52 Stratofortresses; and one Lockheed C-5 Galaxy. A hot air balloon is a lighter-than-air aircraft consisting of a bag, called an envelope, which contains heated air. Florets grow together in small groups called spikelets, which collectively form inflorescences.