Haynes spoke at a news conference, his face cut and bruised. Then the vessel arched into the air, breaking up further as it angled over, pirouetted and slammed down onto its back.īERKES: One hundred twelve people died 184 lived. LAURENCE GONZALES: (Reading) He watched in amazement as, quote, "a woman still strapped in her seat flew past me on the other side." A ball of fire roared down the aisle above him. In an NPR interview, author Laurence Gonzales repeated what a passenger told him. HAYNES: (Laughter) You want to be particular and make it a runway.īERKES: That moment of levity was followed by this. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: You're cleared to land on any runway. They could only keep the plane bearing right, but still managed to line up with the airport. Then he and his flight crew and a pilot trainer who happened to be aboard manually manipulated thrusters, aiming for the nearest airport - Sioux City, Iowa. His immediate response kept the plane airborne as it dipped dangerously. Unless we get control of this airplane, we're going to put it down wherever it happens to be.īERKES: Haynes was 57 then. I have serious doubts about making the airport. The tail engine of the DC-10 blew, and the hydraulic lines were cut.ĪL HAYNES: Which means we have no elevator control - almost none - and very little aileron control. HOWARD BERKES, BYLINE: Listen to what pilot Al Haynes and his crew and his passengers went through at 37,000 feet in July 1989. Now comes news that Haynes has died, and Howard Berkes has this remembrance. One hundred twelve people died, but 184 survived. Captain Al Haynes commanded United Flight 232 as it crashed landed at the airport in Sioux City, Iowa, in 1989. Long before Sully Sullenberger landed a jet in the Hudson River, another pilot and his crew were cast as heroes for a miracle landing of their own.
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