4 ms·

there are some crazy talented pilots out there who are able to perform under massive amounts of pressure, United Flight 232 is a more extreme version of this ar

there are some crazy talented pilots out there who are able to perform under massive amounts of pressure, United Flight 232 is a more extreme version of this article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines_Flight_232 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines_Flight_232 >Despite the fatalities, the accident is considered a good example of successful crew resource management. A majority of those aboard survived; experienced test pilots in simulators were unable to reproduce a survivable landing. It has been termed "The Impossible Landing" as it is considered one of the most impressive landings ever performed in the history of aviation plane lost all hydraulics and had to be steered and crash landed using only the engines

mopsi 3y ago
Errol Morris made an exceptional documentary about UA232. One of the pilots just looks into the camera and tells the story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf33RDu_D6M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf33RDu_D6M
- oh_sigh 3y ago
  Not just any camera - an Interrotron!
macintux 3y ago
That is an amazing story, thanks for sharing it. This part leapt out at me: > Rescuers did not identify the debris that was the remains of the cockpit, with the four crew members alive inside, until 35 minutes after the crash. I can't imagine spending a half hour waiting to be rescued, not knowing whether any of your passengers had survived.
Sebguer 3y ago
Article by the same author as the submitted one on this: https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/fields-of-fortune-the-crash-of-united-airlines-flight-232-9cf65ae14c68 https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/fields-of-fortune-the-cr...
feerceKitteh 3y ago
I’m only aware of one other incident of an aircraft landing after loss of hydraulics. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Baghdad_DHL_attempted_shootdown_incident https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Baghdad_DHL_attempted_s...

mopsi 3y ago

Errol Morris made an exceptional documentary about UA232. One of the pilots just looks into the camera and tells the story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf33RDu_D6M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf33RDu_D6M

oh_sigh 3y ago
Not just any camera - an Interrotron!

macintux 3y ago

That is an amazing story, thanks for sharing it. This part leapt out at me: > Rescuers did not identify the debris that was the remains of the cockpit, with the four crew members alive inside, until 35 minutes after the crash. I can't imagine spending a half hour waiting to be rescued, not knowing whether any of your passengers had survived.

Sebguer 3y ago

Article by the same author as the submitted one on this: https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/fields-of-fortune-the-crash-of-united-airlines-flight-232-9cf65ae14c68 https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/fields-of-fortune-the-cr...

feerceKitteh 3y ago

I’m only aware of one other incident of an aircraft landing after loss of hydraulics. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Baghdad_DHL_attempted_shootdown_incident https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Baghdad_DHL_attempted_s...