ACI - United Airlines Flight 232

United Airlines Flight 232 was a scheduled flight operated by United Airlines between Denver and Philadelphia via Chicago. On July 19, 1989, the Douglas DC-10 (Registration N1819U) being operated for this flight suffered an uncontained failure of its number 2 engine (mounted in the tail), which destroyed all three of the aircraft's hydraulic systems. With no controls working except the power levers for the two remaining engines, it broke up during an emergency landing on the runway at Sioux City, Iowa killing 110 of its 285 passengers and one of the 11 crew members.

Owing to the skill of the crew and a DC-10 instructor pilot, 175 passengers and 10 crew members survived the crash, which is considered a textbook example of successful Crew Resource Management, due to the effective use of all the resources available aboard the plane for help during the emergency

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[mattxr2i]

DC = Designed to Crash...

[seblunder]

the flight attendent always shakes here head when talking _0____________0_

[transdrole]

Information not released to the public: The plane wasn't fitted with simple and cheap hydraulic check valves which would have retained fluid for the rest of the system once the break in the tail reduced pressure.

[DonLollio]

lol they use tge american PM and AM.... but uses european metric system xD

[aircrash11]

@mattxr2i DC = Death Carrige

[Asalieri2]

@mattxr2i DC = Death Certain.

[stringtheorysucks]

@northman01 The reason is because the manufacturer is the most familiar with the aircraft. They built the thing to begin with, the have knowledge that no one else has. They have the original blueprints and any paperwork that was used in getting certification for the aircraft. They also have records dealing with the construction of that particular aircraft. When one crashes you go back to manufacturer first.

[The747Captain]

@mattxr2i kutbye

[mattxr2i]

@The747Captain 43 thumbs up says you're wrong. (hey you see who the word "you're" is spelled when used in that context?)

[The747Captain]

@mattxr2i Your not funny

there are real accidents caused by a human error!