to make a decision as a team. you come to a joint solution, not an individual solution that is then worked into the equation. up to that point, we only taught the technical aspects of flying. they had the stick and rutter skills but never taught decision making and judgment in a formal way. a guy with one of the top air safety investigators on the board said al, if you can sell this to the bored, it will be something. it provides deal with more compelling evidence to take to the safety bored. two 747s collide in the canary islands in 1977. the accident kills 583 people and is blamed in large part on bad communication. the whole cabin next to me was just completely gone.
airlines. united management was ready to jump on board and quickly spent the money to develop this. as veteran united captain al haynes recalls, the training was initially received with a dose of skepticism. those captains that needed it, didn t want it and wouldn t do it so we thought this is a waste of time until it began to get into the flow of things and then we understood what it was about. coming up, captain haynes has no way of knowing a few years later, training to improve communication between crew members will help him get through one of the most terrifying situations a pilot could ever face. a catastrophic loss of control of a jumbo jet.
fine because we was going too fast and the original descent was too big and i knew something was going to happen. at exactly 4:00 p.m., 44 minutes after the problem began, a violent impact. as the right wing hit the ground, the tail snapped off. the entire tail of the plane broke off just as if it were a toy and went rocketing down the runway at 250 miles per hour. i heard explosions and loud noises and flashes of light, and it had to be with the plane breaking apart. al could have kept telling us that it would have been rough, but i could never in my wildest dreams have imagined smashing into the earth the way we did. as jumbo jet careens out of control it breaks into pieces and fires erupt. it s hard to fathom anyone surviving the flames and the
out of control. the crash lands and catches fire, killing more than 100 people and leaving investigators to solve a troubling aviation mystery. july 19th, 1989, united airlines flight 232 takes off from denver s stapleton international airport bound for chicago. first officer william records, who has logged 20,000 hours of flying time, is at the controls. with him second officer dudley devorat with 15,000 hours and captain al haynes who has logged 27,000 hours, 7,000 in the dc10. on this picture perfect midwestern summer day with three highly experienced pilots in the cockpit it should be an easy flight. scattered clouds, good visibility, smooth air, very fortunate weatherwise. as we re flying along and
copilot locked the captain out and purposely crashed the jet in march. now back to our regular programming. on july 19th, 1989, united airlines flight 232 is in deep crisis. after an explosion, the dc10 loses its tailmounted number two engine along with all of its hydraulic fluid which operates the landing gear, glass, slats, steering and brakes. the only control pilots have is over the throttles which determine engine speed. by adjusting thrust on one side or the other, pilots are able to steer the plane. but even under this unimaginable pressure, captain al haynes manages to crack a joke with air traffic controller alan backman. you re clear to land on any