Upgrade to Pro — share decks privately, control downloads, hide ads and more …

How to Crash a Plane

Nickolas Means
November 16, 2015
Technology
1
350

How to Crash a Plane

Nickolas Means

November 16, 2015
Tweet

More Decks by Nickolas Means

See All by Nickolas Means
The Magnitude 9.1 Meltdown at Fukushima
nmeans
0
72
Taking the 737 to the MAX!
nmeans
0
52
Who Destroyed Three Mile Island?
nmeans
0
790
The Original Skunk Works
nmeans
0
1.7k
Warning: May Be Habit Forming
nmeans
1
160
The Building Built on Stilts
nmeans
1
440
The Original Skunk Works
nmeans
1
650
How To Code Like A Writer
nmeans
3
3.4k
You Are Not An Impostor
nmeans
11
18k

Other Decks in Technology

See All in Technology
【JAWS-UG大阪 reInvent reCap LT大会 サンバが始まったら強制終了】“1分”で初めてのソロ参戦reInventを数字で振り返りながら反省する
ttelltte
0
130
PaaSの歴史と、 アプリケーションプラットフォームのこれから
jacopen
7
1.2k
Evolving Architecture
rainerhahnekamp
3
250
EMConf JP の楽しみ方 / How to enjoy EMConf JP
pauli
2
140
AWS Community Builderのススメ - みんなもCommunity Builderに応募しよう！ -
smt7174
0
170
実践！ ソフトウェアエンジニアリングの価値の計測 ── Effort、Output、Outcome、Impact
nomuson
0
2k
新しいスケーリング則と学習理論
taiji_suzuki
10
3.8k
embedパッケージを深掘りする / Deep Dive into embed Package in Go
task4233
1
200
.NET 最新アップデート ～ AI とクラウド時代のアプリモダナイゼーション
chack411
0
190
デジタルアイデンティティ人材育成推進ワーキンググループ 翻訳サブワーキンググループ 活動報告 / 20250114-OIDF-J-EduWG-TranslationSWG
oidfj
0
410
JuliaTokaiとJuliaLangJaの紹介 for NGK2025S
antimon2
1
110
30分でわかる「リスクから学ぶKubernetesコンテナセキュリティ」/30min-k8s-container-sec
mochizuki875
3
440

Featured

See All Featured
Faster Mobile Websites
deanohume
305
30k
[RailsConf 2023 Opening Keynote] The Magic of Rails
eileencodes
28
9.2k
実際に使うSQLの書き方 徹底解説 / pgcon21j-tutorial
soudai
173
51k
The World Runs on Bad Software
bkeepers
PRO
66
11k
StorybookのUI Testing Handbookを読んだ
zakiyama
28
5.4k
For a Future-Friendly Web
brad_frost
176
9.5k
Java REST API Framework Comparison - PWX 2021
mraible
28
8.3k
Designing Experiences People Love
moore
139
23k
GitHub's CSS Performance
jonrohan
1030
460k
Scaling GitHub
holman
459
140k
The Straight Up "How To Draw Better" Workshop
denniskardys
232
140k
Art, The Web, and Tiny UX
lynnandtonic
298
20k

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
  8. None
  9. None

  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
  28. None
  29. None

  30. Phugoid

  31. Phugoid

  32. None
  33. None
  34. None
  35. None
  36. None
  37. None
  38. None

  39. GE CF6-6 Turbofan Engine

  40. None
  41. None
  42. None
  43. None
  44. None
  45. None
  46. None

  47. Brace! Brace! Brace!

  48. None
  49. None
  50. None
  51. None
  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