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How to Crash a Plane

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November 16, 2015
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How to Crash a Plane

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November 16, 2015
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Transcript

  1. HOW TO CRASH A PLANE NICKOLAS MEANS / @NMEANS

  2. July 19, 1989

  3. Denver Stapleton International Airport

  4. United Flight 232 Denver Stapleton to Chicago O'Hare

  5. None

  6. McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 N1819U

  7. None
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  10. !

  11. None

  12. Captain Al Haynes

  13. Al, I can't control the plane!

  14. None

  15. We're rolling!

  16. None

  17. "Ladies and gentlemen, we've lost our tail engine, but this

    aircraft can fly fine with the two remaining engines. We're going to descend and continue on to Chicago."
  18. None

  19. We've lost all our hydraulics.

  20. None
  21. None

  22. Elevators

  23. Ailerons

  24. None
  25. None

  26. The only question I had was how long it was

    going to take Iowa to hit me.
  27. None
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  30. Phugoid

  31. Phugoid

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  39. GE CF6-6 Turbofan Engine

  40. None
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  47. Brace! Brace! Brace!

  48. None
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  52. None

  53. Of 296 people on board, 185 survived.

  54. In the previous 25 years, no one had ever survived

    the complete loss of flight controls on an airliner.

  55. "The Safety Board believes that under the circumstances the UAL

    flightcrew performance was highly commendable and greatly exceeded reasonable expectations." — NTSB Aircraft Accident Report, United 232

  56. What made this crew different?

  57. None

  58. CREW RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

  59. NO HEROES

  60. EVERYONE HAS A VOICE

  61. SOFTWARE IS A TEAM SPORT

  62. THANKS! NICKOLAS MEANS / @NMEANS