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Sioux City: United 232 heavy, winds currently 360 at 11, three sixty at eleven, you're cleared to land on any runway. UAL 232: You want to be particular and ma

Sioux City: United 232 heavy, winds currently 360 at 11, three sixty at eleven, you're cleared to land on any runway. UAL 232: You want to be particular and make it a runway, huh? ------ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l4pywdqvK4&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l4pywdqvK4&feature=relat... In that video, you hear the captain actually laughs before asking the traffic controller to be particular. Its absurd these guys can stay as calm as they do in these situations.

js2 14y ago
Its absurd these guys can stay as calm as they do in these situations. Hayes credits the radar controller for helping with that: "If you have a serious problem like we did, and you need the kind of help that does not add to the tension level, a voice like Bauchman's, as calm and as steady as he was, certainly was an influence on us and helped us remain composed." [1] Another fun factoid: "Subsequent simulator tests showed that other DC-10 crews were unable to repeat the effort of the crew of 232." [2] [1] http://www.airdisaster.com/eyewitness/ua232.shtml http://www.airdisaster.com/eyewitness/ua232.shtml [2] http://www.airdisaster.com/special/special-ua232.shtml http://www.airdisaster.com/special/special-ua232.shtml