begins to vibrate and shutter. pilots determine the number two engine has failed. i began to realize how serious it was when i saw the flight crew come back, and they were trying to look out the windows, the passenger windows, just to observe what was going on with the physical condition of the airplane. and you could tell by looking at the flight crew that something serious was up. and as they go through the checklist, officer bill records, who was flying the plane, realized they had a more serious problem than they thought. we were shutting the engine down and going through the procedure, and bill said, what he likes to call the attention-getting statement of the day, i can t control the
visibility, smooth air, very fortunate weatherwise. as we re flying along and everything is as smooth as can be and service is humming and working well as a team, out of the blue here comes this explosion. i mean, it was a huge loud explosion. but passenger rod vetter, a seasoned traveler, isn t fazed. my first thought was a bomb went off. then i realized that it hadn t depressurized so it wasn t a bomb, and then i realized it was probably an engine blowing, and my first thought was, okay, we got off a little late maybe and we re going to get right on into chicago because a dc10 can certainly fly with two engines. the explosion happens at 3:16 p.m., an hour and seven minutes into the flight. the jumbo jet is at 33,000 feet over alta, iowa. after the explosion, the plane
begins to vibrate and shutter. pilots determine the number two engine has failed. i began to realize how serious it was when i saw the flight crew come back, and they were trying to look out the windows, the passenger windows, just to observe what was going on with the physical condition of the airplane. and you could tell by looking at the flight crew that something serious was up. and as they go through the checklist, officer bill records, who was flying the plane, realized they had a more serious problem than they thought. we were shutting airplane down and going through procedure and bill said what he likes to call the attentiongetting statement of the day i can t turn. he can the control wheel all the way left and all the way back to his left.
everything is as smooth as can be and service is falling and working well as a team, out of the blue here comes this explosion. i mean, it was a huge loud explosion. but passenger rod vetter, a seasoned traveler, isn t fazed. my first thought was a bomb went off. then i realized that it hadn t depressurized so it wasn t a bomb, and then i realized it was probably an engine blowing, and my first thought was, okay, we got off a little late maybe and we re going to get right on chicago because a dc10 can certainly fly with two engines. the explosion happens at 3:16 p.m., an hour and seven minutes into the flight. the jumbo jet is at 33,000 feet over alta, iowa. after the explosion, the plane