A lot of tears. His lone injury was a fractured vertebra in his neck. The tail and cockpit had broken off, and the fuselage was upside down in a cornfield. The captain announced that they were making an emergency landing at Sioux City and it would be rough. United 232 was Chicago-bound from Denver with 296 passengers aboard. Vetter has kept his old passport and credit cards, which were both fire-charred in the crash. GE records of the second disk having the serial number of the crash disk indicate that it was made with an RMI titanium billet supplied by Alcoa. Because this type of aircraft control (with loss of control surfaces) is difficult for humans to achieve, some researchers have attempted to integrate this control ability into the computers of fly-by-wire aircraft. Onboard the DC10 were 3 flight crew and 8 flight attendants, plus some crew members who were traveling off duty. United Airlines Flight 232 took off from Denver bound for Chicago on July 19th 1989. On July 19, 1989, Flight 232 left Stapleton International Airport headed for Chicago. the preparation that paid off for the crew was something called cockpit resource management Up until 1980, we kind of worked on the concept that the captain was THE authority on the aircraft. ; Jason Feyh, 8, Manchester, Conn.; Denny Fitch, off-duty United crew; Dwayne Folkvord, 31, Denver; Harold Fong, Colorado Springs, Colo.; (Infant) Fong, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Amy Frazier, 51, Wheaton, Ill.; Verlin Frazier, 55, Wheaton, Ill. Leah Gomez, 4, Bloomfield, N.M.; Paul Gomez, 7, Bloomfield, N.M.; Brad Griffin, Boulder, Colo.; Ryan Hardman, 14, Boulder, Colo.; Shelley Hardman, 16, Boulder, Colo.; Terri Hardman, 40, Boulder, Colo.; John Hatch; Helen Hayes; Kevin Heckman, 27, Pandora, Ohio; Eric Hjermstad; Larry Hjermstad, 49, Durango, Colo.; Alisa Hjermstad, 9, Durango, Colo.; Jenny Hudspeth, 61, of Cheyenne, Wyo. The death toll stands at . Copyright 2023 WLS-TV. "It's a very special day, it's a memorable day and it's very comforting to be with other survivors," said Susan White who organized about a dozen survivors and their families at her house in Golden. ; Fern Noyes, 83, East Rochester, N.Y.; Ariel Nunez. On February 20, 2021, United Airlines Flight 328 (UA328/UAL328), a scheduled U.S. domestic passenger flight from Denver to Honolulu, suffered a contained engine failure four minutes after takeoff from Denver International Airport (DEN). [35][36] The NTSB asked the International Civil Aviation Organization to make this a requirement in September 2013.[37]. Pete Wernick Prominent banjo player with the Hot Rize bluegrass band and instructor, he was on his way to a festival in the Albany, New York, area. Ruth Pearlstein, Grand Junction, Colo.; Sandy Pentland, Davenport, Iowa. Shrapnel severed three hydraulic lines, and. These systems were designed to be redundant, such that if two hydraulic systems were inoperable, the one remaining hydraulic system would still permit the full operation and control of the airplane. The airplane was powered by CF6-6D high bypass-ratio turbofan engines produced by General Electric Aircraft Engines (GEAE). Jan describes the aircraft rolling around like it was in a tornado. The Schaumburg man was among the 184 survivors of United Airlines Flight 232, which crashed in Sioux City, Iowa, on July 19, 1989, while traveling from Denver to Chicago. Later, computer models were updated to account for these factors, and aircraft such as the F-15 STOL/MTD have been successfully flown with this software installed. Most were killed by injuries sustained in the multiple impacts, but 35 people in the middle fuselage section directly above the fuel tanks died from smoke inhalation in the post-crash fire. Updates? All four flight crew continued to fly for many years, as did Jan, Tim, and Barbara. She told him quietly they'd been informed there were no hydraulics, to which he responded, 'That's impossible!' "[1]:81 The FAA report did not explicitly address the impact of these uncertainties on operations of military aircraft that might have contained a suspect disk. 112 people died. On the flight crew call to 'Brace,' the flight attendants shouted their commands, and the passengers braced for impact. A statue in part of Sioux City's riverfront development is based on the picture. ; Thomas Milford, 9, Indianapolis; Jeff Miller, 29, Schaumburg, Ill.; Dustin Mobley; Glenda Mobley; Jackie Mobley; Marie Mobley; Rusty Mobley; Brian Murray, 13, East Grand Rapids, Mich.; Carol Murray, East Grand Rapids, Mich.; Louis P. Murray, East Grand Rapids, Mich.; Tim Murray, 12, East Grand Rapids, Mich.; Barbara Musick, 50, Fort Wayne, Ind. The group watched a ceremony held at the aviation museum in Sioux City. Passengers were getting anxious in the cabin, and Jan was trying to comfort them. They used their crew resource management, worked as a focused team, and landed the aircraft without any conventional controls. This is crash survivor Rod Vetter's story. Flight 232's captain, Alfred C. "Al" Haynes, 57, was hired by United Airlines in 1956. Shrapnel severed three hydraulic lines, and. [10] Fitch reported back that the ailerons were not moving at all. United Airlines instituted a CRM class in the early 1980s. That is the only way I can describe it to you." July 19, 2019 / 10:25 PM The door hydraulics were not working, so they looked for a way out of the aircraft fuselage. Jan looked back into the darkness of the cabin, thick with smoke, and left the aircraft. Some records show that this disk "was rejected for an unsatisfactory ultrasonic indication", that an outside lab performed an ultrasound inspection of this disk, that this disk was subsequently returned to GE, and that this disk should have been scrapped. But its most profound lesson came from the flight crew- that against all odds, their temperament and teamwork saved many lives. So if I hadn't used CRM, if we had not let everybody put their input in, it's a cinch we wouldn't have made it. His brother Brandon also survived the crash, but their mother, Francie, did not. https://www.britannica.com/event/United-Airlines-Flight-232, Office of Safety and Mission Assurance - NASA System Failure Case Studies - No Left Turns. . The NTSB report stated that if examined disks were not from the same source, "the records on a large number of GEAE disks are suspect. [1]:5, Fifty-two children, including four "lap children" without their own seats, were on board the flight because of the United Airlines "Children's Day" promotion. CREW-FATALITY Rene Louise LeBeau, 23, Schaumburg, Ill.PASSENGERS-FATALITIES James K. Adkins Jr., 34, Mount Pleasant, S.C.; Lemm Allen, 51, Mitchellville, Md. "And the nurse comes in and there's a television monitor up above and I'm watching this plane crash through wire, through a chain link fence and I went wow, where was that? ; (Infant) Jimmy Notgrass, Pine Bluffs, Wyo. This part of the emergency took 14 seconds. The aircraft descended far too steeply and much too fast, and it tilted as it landed. CREW-SURVIVORS Capt. On July 19, 1989, the DC-10 (registered as N1819U) serving the flight crash-landed at Sioux City, Iowa, after suffering a catastrophic failure of its tail-mounted engine due to an unnoticed manufacturing defect in the engine's fan disk, which led to the loss of many flight controls. He had 29,967 hours of total flight time with United Airlines, of which 7,190 were in the DC-10. "[1]:76 At the time of the crash, McDonnell Douglas had wrapped up production of the DC-10, with the last of these being delivered to Nigeria Airways in the summer of 1989. The NTSB investigation, after reconstructions of the accident in flight simulators, deemed that training for such an event involved too many factors to be practical. The crew guided the crippled jet to Sioux Gateway Airport and lined it up for landing on one of the runways. With one throttle in each hand, Fitch was able to mitigate the phugoid cycle and make rough steering adjustments. She had realized it was severe, and all she could see was debris - she couldn't see the rest of the aircraft. ; Elaine Asay; Kevin Atwell, 33, Santa Fe, N.M. Frances Bailey, Littleton, Colo.; Denise Benben, 26, Medina, N.Y.; Rabbi Kenneth R. Berger, 42, Tampa, Fla.; Aviva Berger, 40, Tampa, Fla.; Gary Bierlein, 39, Saginaw, Mich.; Linda Biggs, 44, Lakewood, Colo.; Lena Blaha, 64, Liberty, Pa.; Robert Boese; Matthew Bohn, 12, Bethel Park, Pa.; Charles K. Bosscher, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Joel Bosco, 24, Boulder, Colo.; Janice Brown, 38, Inverness, Ill.; Kimberly Brown, 11, Inverness, Ill.; Edward Buggenhagen, Denver; Paul Burnham, 54, Littleton, Colo. Scott Cameron, 31, Boulder, Colo.; Jack Case; Janice Cheng, Lisle, Ill.; Peter Cheng, Lisle, Ill.; David Cleland, Charleston, S.C.; Gladys Cooper, 77, Casper, Wyo. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. One of the 184 survivors from the United Airlines Flight 232 crash at Sioux Gateway Airport, she couldn't shake the memories of the 112 people who died. CHICAGO, JULY 23 -- Here are the names of surviving passengers and crew of the crash of a United Air Lines DC-10 near Sioux City, Iowa. However, at least one hydraulic system must have fluid present and the ability to hold fluid pressure to control the aircraft. At 37,000 feet over Iowa, a fan disk in 232's tail-mount engine broke apart. The subsequent catastrophic disintegration of the disk resulted in the liberation of debris in a pattern of distribution and with energy levels that exceeded the level of protection provided by design features of the hydraulic systems that operate the DC-10's flight controls; the flight crew lost its ability to operate nearly all of them. Jan Brown was the senior flight attendant that day, and she was working in the mid-section of the aircraft with Tim Owens. She knew things were looking bad. There was another loud noise as the aircraft hit the ground and split into three pieces. [27], The manufacturing process for titanium was changed to eliminate the type of gaseous anomaly that served as the starting point for the crack. The crew strapped into their harnesses and prepared to brace. Jerry Schemmel Radio announcer for the Colorado Rockies, Denver's Major League Baseball team, and a former radio announcer for the Denver Nuggets, Denver's National Basketball Association basketball team. They are important reminders to him that every day is precious and saying "thank you" never wears thin. Like other widebody transport aircraft of the era,[1]:100 the DC-10 was not designed to revert to unassisted manual control in the event of total hydraulic failure. This began to change in the 1970s, especially after the 1978 United Airlines Flight 173 crash in Portland, Oregon, and the Tenerife airport disaster. Copyright 2023 WLS-TV. . Of the 296 people on board the ill-fated Flight 232 when it crashed 31 years ago this month, 112 passengers died and 184 survived. [55] Yet such calculations assume that multiple failures must have independent causes, an unrealistic assumption, and similar flight control failures have indeed occurred: The disintegration of a turbine disc, leading to loss of control, was a direct cause of two major aircraft disasters in Poland: N1819U, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen in January 1977, This figure includes one passenger who died 31 days after the accident. CREATIVE. "I just want people to know were all appreciative about what was done by everyone in this horrific accident. He was credited with saving the lives of four children in the crash, three from the same family. Onboard the DC10 were 3 flight crew and 8 f light attendants plus some crew members who were traveling. A survivor shares his memories of the United Airlines Flight 232 crash on the 30th anniversary of one of the deadliest aviation disasters in American history. [25] The rest of the fan disk and most of the additional blades were later found nearby. Service was stopped, and carts returned to the galleys. [40], When Haynes died in August 2019, United Airlines issued a statement thanking him for "his exceptional efforts aboard Flight UA232". Where are we? Of the 296 on board, 112 died. Virginia had a bad feeling and continued to stow items in preparation. Fuel had ignited immediately when the plane hit the ground. B) Are they alive? The engines were not able to respond to Fitch's commands in time to stop the roll, and the plane impacted the ground with its right wing, spilling fuel, which ignited immediately. United 232 was Chicago-bound from Denver with 296 passengers aboard. I have serious doubts about making the airport," said a recording from air traffic control. After the double vacuum process, the ingot was shaped into a billet, a sausage-like form about 16 inches in diameter, and tested using ultrasound to look for defects. Finally, a passenger helped her down. The plane slammed onto the runway and burst into a vast fireball. Wednesday: Three Sioux City residents who responded to the crash in different capacities. [16] The crew hoped that there might be some trapped hydraulic fluid in the outboard ailerons and that they might regain some use of flight controls by unlocking them. One time or another their madness will explode. Normal would not last long. When Flight 232 crashed, 184 crew and passengers survived, with 138 walking away. CF6 engines like the one containing the crash disk were used to power many civilian and military aircraft at the time of the crash. Jasomati Patel; Andrew Petruzzi, Greeley, Colo.; Deanna Petruzzi, Greeley, Colo.; William Prato, 48, Vineland, N.J.; Rose Marie Prato, 45, Vineland, N.J. Jay Ramsdell, 25, Denver; Andrea Reuss, 25, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.; Jeffrey Reuss, 24, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Karen Elizabeth Sass, Littleton, Colo.; Richard Scott, 34, Billings, Mont. July 19, 2019, 5:16 PM. At 37,000 feet over Iowa, a fan disk in 232's tail-mount engine broke apart. ; Doug Reynolds, Moorcroft, Wyo. Passengers who died because of smoke inhalation were seated in rows 14, 16, and 2230. To prevent this, the ingot that would become the fan disk was formed using a "double vacuum" process: the raw materials were melted together in a vacuum, allowed to cool and solidify, then melted in a vacuum once more. He returned to flying after recovering from his injuries and would continue to fly DC-10s as captain until reaching mandatory retirement age in 1991. [26] The NTSB stated that "under the circumstances the UAL (United Airlines) flight crew performance was highly commendable and greatly exceeded reasonable expectations. Vetter remembers well sitting in the hospital shortly after the crash awaiting an X-ray. GE later added a third vacuum-forming stage because of their investigation into failing rotating titanium engine parts. Gonna be a lot of hugs. Air traffic control (ATC) was contacted and an emergency landing at nearby Sioux Gateway Airport was organized. While some level of control was possible, no precision could be achieved, and a landing under these conditions was stated to be "a highly random event". 2019 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Many passengers in the plane's midsection walk out of the flaming wreckage into a cornfield- in shock. Both survived the crash. CRM, while still considering the captain as final authority, instructs crew members to speak up when they detect a problem, and instructs captains to listen to crew concerns. Suddenly, there was a loud explosion, and the aircraft dropped. That is why the children of survivors are so tragic. It was a tragedy because 112 people died, but a miracle because a greater number of passengers survived. Despite the ferocity of the accident, 184 (62.2%) passengers and crew survived owing to a variety of factors including the relatively controlled manner of the crash and the early notification of emergency services. [1]:7576,87 The Probable Cause in the report by the NTSB read as follows: .mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 40px}.mw-parser-output .templatequote .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;padding-left:1.6em;margin-top:0}, The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the inadequate consideration given to human factors limitations in the inspection and quality control procedures used by United Airlines' engine overhaul facility which resulted in the failure to detect a fatigue crack originating from a previously undetected metallurgical defect located in a critical area of the stage 1 fan disk that was manufactured by General Electric Aircraft Engines. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. [8], Eight flight attendants (Jan Brown, Georgeann Delcastillo, Barbara Gillespie, Rene Lebeau, Donna McGrady, Virginia Murray, Tim Owens, and Susan White[9]) were also aboard the flight. Early attempts to add the ability to real airplanes were not very successful; the software was based on experiments conducted in flight simulators where jet engines are usually modeled as "perfect" devices with exactly the same thrust on each engine, a linear relationship between throttle setting and thrust, and instantaneous response to input. 1 and No. Sioux City was closest, the only chance. Dennis Feeney, Denver; Nicolette Feeney, Denver; Sean Feeney, 5, Denver; Brenda Hughes Feyh, Manchester, Conn.; Raymond J. Frans, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Susan Fyler, Boulder, Colo. Eleanore Gabbe, 63, Davenport, Iowa; Marilyn Garcia, Denver; Mark A. Gearhart, 32, Fort Collins, Colo.; Gwyneth Gibson; George Gillner, Traverse City, Mich.; Ruth Gomez, 35, Bloomfield, N.M.; John Gomez, 10, Bloomfield, N.M.; Carmel Goodstein, 14, Charleston, S.C. Irene Halizak, Buffalo, N.Y. Thomas Ellis Jones, 51, Evergreen, Colo. John A. Karp; Jerry Kennedy; Connie Kingsbury, St. Charles, Ill.; Joel Kirk; Mildred Koehler, 62, Seekonk, Mass. Chemical analyses of the crash disk intended to determine its source were inconclusive. Survivor looks back on United Airlines Flight 232 crash 30 years later. The pilots, Captain Alfred Haynes and First Officer William Records, quickly discovered that neither the autopilot nor the manual controls had any effect. Vetter helped other passengers. / CBS Colorado. Vetter helped other passengers. Here are names of the crew member and passengers confirmed dead or listed as missing in the crash, based on reports from United Air Lines, relatives or employers. United Airlines Flight 232 left Denver at 1:09 PM Mountain to arrive in Chicago in roughly two hours. united flight 232 survivors friday at the chopin theatre to see a play about the crash: (l-r) flight attendant kathy tam; derek fitch with flight attendant susan white; son joshua & husband hyvert with flight attendant donna mcgrady; daughter jessica wenck with flight attendant tim owens; first officer bill records with wife faith; flight There were 184 survivors and 112 died, including one flight attendant. "It was a Thursday afternoon, partly cloudy and just a normal afternoon flight," said Vetter. 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Sometimes the captain isn't as smart as we thought he was. "Captain Haynes came on the PA and said this is going to be a difficult landing. [1]:112[7], Haynes' co-pilot was first officer William R. "Bill" Records, 48, first hired by National Airlines in 1969. Badis and her three family members survived. [1] : 112 [7] Haynes' co-pilot was first officer William R. "Bill" Records, 48, first hired by National Airlines in 1969. As First Officer Records took hold of his control column, Captain Haynes focused on the tail engine, whose instruments indicated it was malfunctioning; he found its throttle and fuel supply controls jammed. Colonel Dennis Nielsen carrying the three-year-old survivor to safety. First Officer William R. Records, Woodinville, Wash. Second Officer Dudley J. Dvorak, 51, Seattle. Despite these losses, the crew was able to attain and then maintain limited control by using the throttles to adjust thrust from the remaining wing-mounted engines. United Airlines Flight 232 was a regularly scheduled United Airlines flight from Stapleton International Airport in Denver to O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, continuing to Philadelphia International Airport. He gave his personal account of the day's events in the song "A Day in '89 (You Never Know)". The tail section and the cockpit also broke off as the plane bounced several times. 47 were seriously injured (eight in first class). Several rescuers, crew members and passengers from flight 232 flew with Haynes on his final flight. The NTSB determined that the probable cause of this accident was the inadequate consideration given to human factors, and limitations in the inspection and quality control procedures used by United Airlines' engine overhaul facility. The flight's destination was Philadelphia with a stop in Chicago. Juergen Nolte; Gayle Notgrass, Pine Bluffs, Wyo. The flight attendants secured the cabin and checked seatbelts were fastened. [1]:3536, One crash survivor died one month after the accident; he was classified according to NTSB regulations as a survivor with serious injuries. Haynes attempted to level the aircraft with his own control column, then both Haynes and Records tried using their control columns together, but the aircraft still did not respond. United Airlines Flight 232, flight scheduled to fly from Stapleton International Airport in Denver to OHare International Airport in Chicago on July 19, 1989, that crash-landed at Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City, Iowa, after the failure of its tail engine caused the loss of all hydraulic control of the plane; more than half of those aboard survived. 1928). "I was in the Sioux City hospital for three and a half, four weeks after the crash," said Paul Olivier, a Palmer Lake resident. The United Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-10, carrying 285 passengers and 11 crew members, took off from Denver at 2:09 pm. [1]:17 The DC-10's hydraulic system was designed and demonstrated to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as compliant with regulations that "no single [engine] failure or malfunction or probable combination of failures will jeopardize the safe operation of the airplane"[1]:19, Flight 232's captain, Alfred C. "Al" Haynes, 57, was hired by United Airlines in 1956. Video of the above lecture by Capt. From the Everglades the remnants of this race emerged, soon after the trail was built, to set up their palm-thatched villages along the road and to hoist tribal flags as a lure to passing motorists.For the State of Florida, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943), I believe that all the survivors are mad. [1]:87, Investigators discovered an impurity and fatigue crack in the disk. Without the use of flaps and slats, they were unable to slow down for landing, and were forced to attempt landing at a very high ground speed. Al C. Haynes, Seattle. [a] Haynes later identified three factors relating to the time of day that increased the survival rate: "Had any of those things not been there," Haynes said, "I'm sure the fatality rate would have been a lot higher."[39]. Flight 232 couldn't stay up without speed, but that meant a very fast landing. [1]:75[10], The pilots felt a jolt, and the autopilot disengaged. 2 hydraulic system and supply hoses in the process; these were later found near Alta, Iowa. Of the 296 people on the flight, 110 passengers and 1 flight attendant perished, most because of injuries from the crash, though some succumbed to smoke inhalation. Select from premium Survivor Of United Airlines Flight of the highest quality. The plane, a. This is survivor Rod Vetter's story. Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. It almost worked, but the right wing dipped, and the plane hit and broke into pieces. Playback of original CVR recording on "A Wing and a Prayer". [1]:5 The reports were due to misinterpretation of the video of the crash that showed the flaming right wing tumbling end-over-end and the intact left wing, still attached to the fuselage, rolling up and over as the fuselage flipped over. ; Mike Hughes, 30, Fort Collins, Colo.; Ellen Hughes, 27, Reading, Pa.; Thomas Hughes, 30, Reading, Pa. Thomas Jacoby. And we had 103 years of flying experience there in the cockpit, trying to get that airplane on the ground, not one minute of which we had actually practiced, any one of us. The main portion of the fuselage skidded sideways and rolled onto its back before coming to a stop in a cornfield. ; Bruce Benham, 37, Littleton, Colo.; Avigail Berger, 16, Tampa; Jonathan Berger, 9, Tampa; David Bradley, Pickerington, Ohio; Debbie Bradley, Pickerington, Ohio; Judy Brazell; Kathy Bressieux, Boulder, Colo.; Yisroel Brownstein, 9, Denver. At Dvorak's suggestion, a valve cutting fuel to the tail engine was shut off. [16] Although the gear deployed successfully, no change in the controllability of the aircraft resulted. "My priorities there were A) Am I alive? Survivors 184 United Airlines Flight 232 is a scheduled United Airlines Flight from Denver to Philadelphia, stopping in Chicago. The crash of 232 led to a variety of aviation safety changes and a continuing campaign to require infants to have their own seats on aircraft. His lone injury was a fractured vertebra in his neck. Jerry grew up in Madison, SD, with his six siblings. The majority of the 184 survivors were seated behind first class and ahead of the wings. [1]:11,113 Fitch had learned of the 1985 crash of Japan Air Lines Flight 123, caused by a catastrophic loss of hydraulic control, and had wondered if it was possible to control an aircraft using throttles only. Twenty-five years after the July 19, 1989, disaster, survivors of United Airlines Flight 232 are grieving, remembering and cherishing life. Colonel Dennis Nielsen carrying the three-year-old survivor to safety. Four pilots guided the plane to Sioux. The plane slammed onto the runway and burst into a vast fireball. A malfunctioning fan started a fatal chain. Janice Tyrrell Brown, 47, Schaumberg, Ill., flight attendant; Georgeann Del Castillo, Mount Prospect, Ill., flight attendant; Barbara Gillaspie, flight attendant; Donna McGrady, flight attendant; Virginia Jane Murray, 35, Pineville, N.C., flight attendant; Timothy Owens, Baltimore, flight attendant; Susan White, 25, Wadsworth, Ohio, flight attendant. Vetter has kept his old passport and credit cards, which were both fire-charred in the crash. All four recovered from their injuries and eventually returned to flight duty.[10]. [1]:1 The crew contacted United maintenance personnel via radio, but were told that the possibility of a total loss of hydraulics on the DC-10 was considered so remote that no procedures were established for such an event. It was dark, and she was upside down in her jump seat. This is survivor Rod Vetter's story. He is headed this weekend to Sioux City for a reunion of survivors, crew, and first responders to remember those who did not survive, and celebrate the lives of those who did. Fitch found that the aircraft had a pronounced tendency to turn to the right. The last passenger version of the DC-10 flew in 2014, although freighter versions continued to operate until late 2022. Or purchase a subscription for unlimited access to real news you can count on. [1]:72 Expert pilots were unable to reproduce a survivable landing; according to a United pilot who flew with Fitch, "Most of the simulations never even made it close to the ground". Practice all your emergency procedures and listen to the flight crew," said Vetter. The aircraft had lost its no.2 engine. I had no clue," said Vetter. Get the latest aviation news straight to your inbox: Sign up for our newsletters today. 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