Somehow, Haynes, who was the captain, along with first officer Bill Records, engineer Dudley Dvorak and instructor Dennis Fitch learned how to steer the plane by adjusting the power in the aircraft’s two remaining engines, Haynes said. “If we had not stopped that and it had rolled over on its back, I’m sure the nose falling down would have increased the airspeed so fast that there’s no way we could have controlled it.” “When the engine failed, the airplane started to turn to the right and started to roll,” Haynes said.
The disk severed the plane’s hydraulic lines, cutting off all steering and speed control.
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The noise was the sound of a cracked engine fan disk shooting out of the tail engine. Haynes’ plane was flying from Denver when he heard a big bang, followed by a brief vibration about 75 miles north of Sioux City, he told CNN in 2013. Searchers investigate wreckage from United Airlines Flight 232 after it crash landed in Sioux City, Iowa, in 1989. He joined United Airlines that year and worked as a flight engineer, first officer and captain. He served as a Marine aviator and was released from the service in 1956. In 1952, he entered the Naval Aviation Cadet Training program. Haynes was born in Paris, Texas, and attended Texas A&M College, according to his biography on the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum website. His legacy will endure,” United Airlines said in a statement. “We thank him for his service throughout his career at United and for his exceptional efforts aboard Flight UA232 on July 19, 1989. United Airlines said the airline was saddened to learn of Haynes’ death. United Airlines mourns the former captain Read the National Transportation Safety Board’s report on the crash (PDF) He talked about the passengers doing what they needed to do, and the emergency responders, and the whole community coming together.” “Anytime he talked about what went on that day, he talked about his entire crew. He never saw himself as a hero,” Gary Brown, the emergency services director in Woodbury County, Iowa, told KTIV. “Al did not like the name ‘hero’ associated with Al Haynes. The Federal Aviation Administration cited Haynes and his crew for their work in preventing more deaths, according to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. The crash landing at Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City killed 110 passengers and one crew member. Haynes and his crew managed to fly the Chicago-bound DC-10 for about 45 minutes after the tail engine failed on July 19, 1989. Haynes died Monday at a Seattle hospital, KTIV said. Haynes was 87, CNN affiliate KTIV reported. Al Haynes, a retired United Airlines pilot who is credited with commanding a crippled jet to a crash landing 30 years ago in Iowa, saving the lives of 184 passengers and crew, has died, according to the airline.
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