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United Flight 232: Surviving the Unthinkable
On July 19, 1989 an engine explosion left United 232 with no hydraulics and no controls, leading to a crash landing where many of the passengers survived. Now 25 years later we look back at this extraordinary accident and examine what went wrong, and what went right.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nycav...~4/_bsZck6Blis
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Wow, 25 years already since seeing that video on the evening news the first time.
Had the privilege of meeting Jan about 10 years ago. Listening to her recount her experience was mindblowing. She was very brave in performing her job in that chaos.
Great article
I met Capt. Haynes at an ALPA function several years ago, we talked about the 727 a mutually favorite ride, he was just a total gentleman and a superb pilot.
Uh, no need for that last comment!!Quote:
Originally Posted by 727C47
Amazing that there were survivors. A classmate's dad was onboard this flight and survived. He was featured in the Charlotte Observer today.
Truly amazing, if they hadn't gotten into that last phugoid at less than a hundred feet they all would have walked away from it, an amazing feat of airmanship to get that far, it is amazing that anybody walked away.
You are quite right, I have edited my post.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gerard