Impossible Heroic Landing in The History of Aviation
United Airlines Flight 232 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Denver, Colorado, to Chicago, Illinois, on July 19, 1989. The flight was operated by a DC-10 aircraft (Flight 232) and experienced a catastrophic failure of its tail-mounted engine, resulting in the loss of all hydraulic flight controls. Despite the dire circumstances, the flight crew, led by Captain Al Haynes, managed to achieve a crash landing at Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City, Iowa.
Tragically, 111 out of the 296 people on board lost their lives in the crash, including one of the flight crew members. However, the skill and efforts of the flight crew were credited with saving many lives, as well as contributing significantly to our understanding of emergency aviation procedures and crew resource management.
The crash of United Airlines Flight 232 remains a significant event in aviation history and has been extensively studied in terms of emergency response, crew training, and aircraft safety improvements.
Tragically, 111 out of the 296 people on board lost their lives in the crash, including one of the flight crew members. However, the skill and efforts of the flight crew were credited with saving many lives, as well as contributing significantly to our understanding of emergency aviation procedures and crew resource management.
The crash of United Airlines Flight 232 remains a significant event in aviation history and has been extensively studied in terms of emergency response, crew training, and aircraft safety improvements.
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00:00United Airlines Flight 232 was a regularly scheduled United Airlines flight from Stapleton International Airport in Denver to O'Hare International Airport in Chicago,
00:09continuing to Philadelphia International Airport.
00:12On July 19, 1989, the DC-10, registered as N1819U, serving the flight crash-landed at Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City, Iowa,
00:21after suffering a catastrophic failure of its tail-mounted engine due to an unnoticed manufacturing defect in the engine's fan disc,
00:28which resulted in the loss of all flight controls.
00:31Of the 296 passengers and crew on board, 112 died during the accident while 184 people survived.
00:39Thirteen of the passengers were uninjured.
00:41It was the deadliest single-aircraft accident in the history of United Airlines.
00:45Despite the fatalities, the accident is considered a good example of successful crew resource management.
00:51A majority of those aboard survived.
00:53Experienced test pilots and simulators were unable to reproduce a survivable landing.
00:58It has been termed the impossible landing, as it is considered one of the most impressive landings ever performed in the history of aviation.