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unusual facts about United Airlines Flight 232


Blade off testing

The rule did not apply to engines which were already in service, and an uncontained engine failure of the Number 2 (tail) General Electric CF6 engine of United Airlines Flight 232 on July 19, 1989 caused the hydraulic failure and crash landing of that aircraft.


Airmanship

The actions of Captain Alfred C. Haynes and the crew of United Airlines Flight 232 are often cited as an exemplar of good airmanship.

Crew resource management

Captain Al Haynes, pilot of United Airlines Flight 232, credits Crew Resource Management as being one of the factors that saved his own life, and many others, in the Sioux City, Iowa, crash of July 1989.

Dennis E. Fitch

He was best known for his critical actions as an off-duty McDonnell Douglas DC-10 training captain who helped captain Alfred Haynes minimize loss of life on United Airlines Flight 232, when all flight controls were lost, on July 19, 1989.


see also

Alfred Haynes

Alfred C. Haynes, airline pilot famous for his landing of United Airlines Flight 232