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Al Haynes passed away last week: https://www.npr.org/2019/08/26/754458583/al-haynes-pilot-from-miraculous-1989-crash-landing-has-died https://www.npr.org/2019/

by js2 7y ago

Al Haynes passed away last week: https://www.npr.org/2019/08/26/754458583/al-haynes-pilot-from-miraculous-1989-crash-landing-has-died https://www.npr.org/2019/08/26/754458583/al-haynes-pilot-fro... This talk by him is well worth reading: http://clear-prop.org/aviation/haynes.html http://clear-prop.org/aviation/haynes.html (The talk used to be available on YouTube, but was removed sometime in the last year by copyright claim. I can't find an alternate source for it. The video was at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZYHMMMeHic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZYHMMMeHic) Denny Fitch passed away in 2012: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/05/10/152402632/hero-pilot-in-1989-united-crash-dies https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/05/10/152402632... Fitch was interviewed by Errol Morris in an episode of "First Person" called "Leaving the Earth." It's still on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8vdkTz0zqI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8vdkTz0zqI Wikipedia page on the crash: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines_Flight_232 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines_Flight_232

samoa42 7y ago
also this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=099cHWSbAL8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=099cHWSbAL8 (was on hn a few weeks ago)
mlyle 7y ago
It's such an inspirational story to read about, even though a lot of people died. This was one of the strongest proof points that crew resource management really worked. It was the final nail in the coffin for forces that resisted or only reluctantly adopted CRM. It's clear that it took a whole lot of teamwork to get that plane down. Aviation is much safer than it was in the 80's, and the lessons learned from relative successes like the Sioux City crash can be thanked for it.
BostonEnginerd 7y ago
It's a real shame the talk was taken down. I really enjoyed watching that lecture a few years ago.

by js2 7y ago

samoa42 7y ago

also this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=099cHWSbAL8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=099cHWSbAL8 (was on hn a few weeks ago)

mlyle 7y ago

It's such an inspirational story to read about, even though a lot of people died. This was one of the strongest proof points that crew resource management really worked. It was the final nail in the coffin for forces that resisted or only reluctantly adopted CRM. It's clear that it took a whole lot of teamwork to get that plane down. Aviation is much safer than it was in the 80's, and the lessons learned from relative successes like the Sioux City crash can be thanked for it.

BostonEnginerd 7y ago

It's a real shame the talk was taken down. I really enjoyed watching that lecture a few years ago.