ABC7's Paul Meincke: "When you first met Denny Fitch and you walked up to him, did you thank him for saving my life? He gave his personal account of the day's events in the song "A Day in '89 (You Never Know)". Air traffic control (ATC) was contacted and an emergency landing at nearby Sioux Gateway Airport was organized. . All Rights Reserved. William Mackin; Robert Manz, Tiffin, Ohio; Lauren Marsh, 6, Jamestown, R.I.; Clifton Marshall, Ostrander, Ohio; Charlie Martz, 58, Castle Rock, Colo.; Michael R. Matz, 37, Collegeville, Pa.; Ronald May, Chicago; Molly McDonald; Myrtle Nell McDonnell, Denver; Peter McInerney; Debbie McKelvey, Grand Junction, Colo.; Devon McKelvey, 5, Grand Junction, Colo.; Ryan McKelvey, 7, Grand Junction, Colo.; Jaqueline McCarthy; Kevin McCarthy; Donald McClory; Michael McMahon, 47, Portland, Ore.; Russ Meyer, Arvada, Colo.; Andrew Michaelson, 4, Denver; Douglas Michaelson, 6, Denver; Lori Michaelson, Denver; Mark Michaelson, 33, Denver; Sabrina Michaelson, 1, Denver; David Milford, 7, Indianapolis; Jerry Milford, 37, Indianapolis; Kari Milford, 21, Marion, Ind. It was now 16:00. [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. [1]:50, The contamination caused what is known as a hard alpha inclusion, where a contaminant particle in a metal alloy causes the metal around it to become brittle. Dennis Swanstrom, then commander of the 185th Air Refueling Wing, Iowa Air. "We always remember the 112 passengers that didn't make it, and we try and live our life for them and honor them. 2 (tail-mounted) engine had accumulated 42,436 hours and 16,899 cycles of operating time immediately prior to the accident flight. 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. Haynes became a public speaker soon after the accident, giving speeches about what happened aboard flight 232. 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. This caused the airplane to slowly level out. 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. There were 184 survivors and 112 died, including one flight attendant. CHICAGO -- United Airlines has released a list of passengers and a crew member positively identified as victims in the crash of Flight 232 in Sioux City, Iowa, on July 19. [1]:19, ATC also advised that a four-lane Interstate highway ran north and south just east of the airport, which they could land on if they did not think they could make the runway. Or purchase a subscription for unlimited access to real news you can count on. It almost worked, but the right wing dipped, and the plane hit and broke into pieces. The aircraft also landed at an extremely high rate of descent because of the inability to flare (reduce the rate of descent before touchdown by increasing pitch). He subsequently worked for Pan American World Airways. "I was in the Sioux City hospital for three and a half, four weeks after the crash," said Paul Olivier, a Palmer Lake resident. . 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. 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. At 37,000 feet over Iowa, a fan disk in 232's tail-mount engine broke apart. GE records indicate that final finishing and inspection of the crash disk were completed on December 11, 1971. Jan describes the aircraft rolling around like it was in a tornado. The rear engine's fan disk and blade assembly about 8ft (2.4m) across could not be located at the accident scene[1]:25 despite an extensive search. It was dark, and she was upside down in her jump seat. He estimated that he had about 15,000 hours of total flying time. That is the only way I can describe it to you." ; 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. Flight 232 couldn't stay up without speed, but that meant a very fast landing. There was another loud noise as the aircraft hit the ground and split into three pieces. [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. The message was relayed by senior flight attendant Jan Brown Lohr to the flight crew, who invited Fitch up to the cockpit; he arrived and began assisting at about 15:29. She had realized it was severe, and all she could see was debris - she couldn't see the rest of the aircraft. [26] The NTSB stated that "under the circumstances the UAL (United Airlines) flight crew performance was highly commendable and greatly exceeded reasonable expectations. But its most profound lesson came from the flight crew- that against all odds, their temperament and teamwork saved many lives. [5], The airplane, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 (registration N1819U[6]), was delivered in 1971 and owned by United Airlines since then. 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. On the final impact, the right wing was torn off and the main part of the aircraft skidded sideways, rolled over onto its back, and slid to a stop upside-down in a corn field to the right of Runway 22. Four pilots guided the plane to Sioux City, Iowa. 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. The incident was the subject of the 1992 TV movie Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 (also known as A Thousand Heroes), starring Charlton Heston and James Coburn, and it was described in the book Flight 232: A Story of Disaster and Survival (2014) by Laurence Gonzales. Normal would not last long. Both survived the crash. Read more about this topic: United Airlines Flight 232, In one notable instance, where the United States Army and a hundred years of persuasion failed, a highway has succeeded. [1]:77, The origins of the crash disk are uncertain because of significant irregularities and gaps, noted in the NTSB report, in the manufacturing records of GE Aircraft Engines (GEAE) and its suppliers. Rod Vetter and other passengers seated between the wings found themselves hanging upside down in their seats. Colonel Dennis Nielsen carrying the three-year-old survivor to safety. He was hired by United Airlines in 1985, and had accrued 665 hours as a DC-10 first officer while at United. July 19, 2019 / 10:25 PM 3 hydraulic system lines where they passed through the horizontal stabilizer. Prioritization and efficiency of inspections of the many engines under suspicion would have been aided by determination of the titanium source of the crash disk. Where are we? Onboard the DC10 were 3 flight crew and 8 f light attendants plus some crew members who were traveling. Although not an ideal situation, the system provides a greater measure of control than was available to the crew of United 232. The main portion of the fuselage skidded sideways and rolled onto its back before coming to a stop in a cornfield. While dumping some of the excess fuel, the plane executed a series of mostly right-hand turns (turning the plane in this direction was easier) with the intention of lining up with Runway 31. CREATIVE. Eventually, the crack broke open, causing the disk to fail. ; Mike Hughes, 30, Fort Collins, Colo.; Ellen Hughes, 27, Reading, Pa.; Thomas Hughes, 30, Reading, Pa. Thomas Jacoby. 2 hydraulic system and supply hoses in the process; these were later found near Alta, Iowa. 112 people died. Of those, 24 had no traumatic blunt-force injuries. "We call it our 232 family. 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). What happened? At 3:46 Fitch succeeded in using the thrusters to pull the plane enough to the left to approach the airport, and the crew then managed to get the plane lined up with a closed runway. Omissions? What he said, goes. The last passenger version of the DC-10 flew in 2014, although freighter versions continued to operate until late 2022. 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. CHICAGO (WLS) -- Thirty years ago today, a United Airlines flight from Denver to Chicago made a fiery landing in Sioux City, Iowa. Here are names of the crew member and passengers confirmed dead or listed. One of four children died from smoke inhalation. [1]:87, Investigators discovered an impurity and fatigue crack in the disk. Also, on duty were flight attendants, Susan White, Georgeann Delcastillo, Donna McGrady, and Ren Le Beau. [1]:80 Records found after the accident indicated that two rough-machined forgings having the serial number of the crash disk had been routed through GEAE manufacturing. Jan Brown was the senior flight attendant that day, and she was working in the mid-section of the aircraft with Tim Owens. [1]:76, The plane was tending to pull right, and slowly oscillated vertically in a phugoid cycle characteristic of planes in which control surface command is lost. The plane slammed onto the runway and burst into a vast fireball. Saturday marks the 25th anniversary of the crash of United Airlines Flight 232 in Sioux City, Iowa. 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. The accident has since become a prime example of successful crew resource management (CRM). There was fire, but she stayed calm and factual as her training and experience taught her. B) Are they alive? On July 19, 1989, Flight 232 left Stapleton International Airport headed for Chicago. Records indicated that Alcoa supplied GE with TIMET titanium forgings for one disk with the serial number of the crash disk. 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. Of the 296 passengers and crew on board, 112 died during the accident, while 184 people survived. [16] The complete hydraulic failure left the landing gear lowering mechanism inoperative. [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. For 30 years, the flight crew from 232 gathered on vacations, bonded by tragedy they leaned on each other to cope. He wrote a book about United Airlines Flight 232 titled. And she said that was you guys. She could hear people but not see them, and could not undo her harness. This part of the emergency took 14 seconds. Collections; . GE later added a third vacuum-forming stage because of their investigation into failing rotating titanium engine parts. ; (Infant) Jimmy Notgrass, Pine Bluffs, Wyo. Tuesday: On board Flight 232, a crew struggles to control an aircraft in peril. Where are we? The group watched a ceremony held at the aviation museum in Sioux City. No one who witnessed the plane go down would have believed that passengers would live, but many did. Since then, Lohr has tirelessly lobbied in Washington D.C. to promote the safety of children on all civilian aircraft and airlines, asking that federal regulations require all children to have a seat belt on every flight. Video of the above lecture by Capt. For 40 minutes, the crew steered the DC-10 by alternating thrust on its two good engines. All Rights Reserved. . United 232 was Chicago-bound from Denver with 296 passengers aboard. A lot of Kleenex sales," said Vetter. [10], While Haynes and Records performed the engine shutdown checklist for the failed engine, Dvorak observed that the gauges for fluid pressure and quantity in all three hydraulic systems were indicating zero. You cannot absorb that much madness and not be influenced by it. And she said that was you guys. Emergency personnel and vehicles were already in place and rushed to the rescue. "It's always somewhat therapeutic to come out and talk about what happened that day," Olivier said. 47 were seriously injured (eight in first class). Writer - Patricia joins Simple Flying with over 20 years of experience in aviation. [1]:55 If the Alcoa records were accurate, the RMI titanium could not have been used to manufacture the crash disk, indicating that the initially rejected TIMET disk with "an unsatisfactory ultrasonic indication" was the crash disk. Nonetheless, the crew continued to manipulate their control columns for the remainder of the flight, hoping for at least some effect. United 232 was Chicago-bound from Denver with 296 passengers aboard. [10] Fitch reported back that the ailerons were not moving at all. ; Linda Pierce, 41, North Aurora, Ill.; Roman Popielak, Denver; Tom Postle, Newark, Ohio; Garry Priest, 23, Northglenn, Colo. David Randa, 9, Boulder, Colo.; Susan Randa, 40, Boulder, Colo.; Jeremiah Rawlings, 11, Chicago; A. Upton Rehnberg, 52, Rockford, Ill.; Amy Reynolds, 19, Moorcroft, Wyo. Robin Walmsley, East Providence, R.I.; Karl Walter; Marilyn Walter; Lindsey Werner; Margaret Werner; Joan Wernick, Niwot, Colo.; Peter Wernick, Niwot, Colo.; William Wernick, Niwot, Colo.; Robert Wolfe; Steven Willuweit, Elmhurst, Ill.; Velma Wright, Denver. United Flight 232 Survivors Gather In Denver 2,502 views Jul 19, 2019 23 Dislike Share Save CBS Denver 84.1K subscribers It was a chance for survivors of United flight 232 to share memories. The majority of the 185 survivors were seated behind first class and ahead of the wings. He had 29,967 hours of total flight time with United Airlines, of which 7,190 were in the DC-10. United Airlines instituted a CRM class in the early 1980s. [1]:23 The CVR recorded these final moments:[22]. Flight 232's captain, Alfred C. "Al" Haynes, 57, was hired by United Airlines in 1956. United 232 was Chicago-bound from Denver with 296 passengers aboard. "Captain Haynes came on the PA and said this is going to be a difficult landing. Titanium reacts with air when melted, which creates impurities that can initiate fatigue cracks like that found in the crash disk. They checked passengers' brace positions and instructed some passengers at exit doors how to operate the door and slide, should they be unable to. Find Survivor Of United Airlines Flight stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. 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. "I just want people to know were all appreciative about what was done by everyone in this horrific accident. 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. "It's very comforting to be together," White said. 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. United has said there may be other survivors whose identities it has not confirmed. ABC7's Paul Meincke: "When you first met Denny Fitch and you walked up to him, did you thank him for saving my life? [19][20], Fitch continued to control the aircraft's descent by adjusting engine thrust. [1]:3 Fire trucks had been placed on Runway 22,[10] anticipating a landing on nearby Runway 31, so all the vehicles were quickly moved out of the way before the plane touched down. At Dvorak's suggestion, a valve cutting fuel to the tail engine was shut off. The 1994 memorial commemorates the rescue efforts by the Sioux City community following the crash, and features contemplative areas and a tree-lined approach with plaques describing the accident. His actions, along with the actions of the flight crew, are partially credited for saving the lives of the survivors. The crew strapped into their harnesses and prepared to brace. This is crash survivor Rod Vetter's story. The fan disks on at least two other engines were found to have defects like that of the crash disk. On July 19, 1989, Flight 232 left Stapleton International Airport headed for Chicago. "Every day you think about it and to be able to share stories with other people that were on the aircraft, that's really helpful.". Many passengers in the plane's midsection walk out of the flaming wreckage into a cornfield- in shock. C) Get the hell out of here," said Vetter. 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. Claudia Ellis, Colorado Springs; Jamie Ellis, 12, Colorado Springs. His brother Brandon also survived the crash, but their mother, Francie, did not. [34], Though it is no longer on the "most wanted" list, providing aircraft restraints for children under two is still recommended practice by the NTSB and FAA, though it is not required by the FAA as of May 2016. [1]:11314, Flight 232 took off at 14:09 Central Daylight Time[c] from Stapleton International Airport, Denver, Colorado, bound for O'Hare International Airport in Chicago with continuing service to Philadelphia International Airport. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. Jan campaigns still to ask the FAA to change the ruling on infants under two years old to not need seats. [38][26] For much of aviation's history, the captain was considered the final authority, and crews were to respect the captain's expertise without question. "I just want people to know were all appreciative about what was done by everyone in this horrific accident. "We have no hydraulic fluid which means we have no elevator control almost none and very little aeileron control. Only 9 years old at the time, Brownstein was one of the. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). The FAA report stated, "There is no record of warranty claim by GEAE for defective material and no record of any credit for GEAE processed by Alcoa or TIMET". [14] Many passengers were able to walk out through the ruptures to the structure. [1]:1, At 15:16, while the plane was in a shallow right turn at its cruising altitude of 37,000 feet (11,000m), the fan disk of its tail-mounted General Electric CF6-6 engine explosively disintegrated. 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. United Airlines Flight 232 left Denver at 1:09 PM Mountain to arrive in Chicago in roughly two hours. Vetter helped other passengers. When they came out they were instead lined up with the closed 6,888-foot (2,099m) Runway 22, and had little capacity to maneuver. The tail section and the cockpit also broke off as the plane bounced several times. [27], The manufacturing process for titanium was changed to eliminate the type of gaseous anomaly that served as the starting point for the crack. Newer aircraft designs such as the McDonnell Douglas MD-11 have incorporated hydraulic fuses to isolate a punctured section and prevent a total loss of hydraulic fluid. [24], Rescuers did not identify the debris that was the remains of the cockpit, with the four crew members alive inside, until 35 minutes after the crash. Haynes then asked Fitch to take over control of the throttles so that Haynes could concentrate on his control column. People on the aircraft heard a loud bang, and the plane shuddered violently and began ascending and rolling to the right. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. 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. This is survivor Rod Vetter's story. Sometimes the captain isn't as smart as we thought he was. Most of the 184 survivors were seated in the area behind first class and in front of the wings. By using each engine independently, the crew made rough steering adjustments, and by using the engines together they were able to roughly adjust altitude. Four pilots guided the plane to Sioux. The plane, a. He atte. [1]:V, Post-crash analysis of the crack surfaces showed the presence of a penetrating fluorescent dye used to detect cracks during maintenance. Difficulties in controlling the aircraft made lining up almost impossible. Witnesses reported that the aircraft "cartwheeled" end-over-end, but the investigation did not confirm this. She knew things were looking bad. The NTSB explained in its final report that in accordance with. The uncontained manner in which the engine failed resulted in high-speed metal fragments being hurled from the engine; these fragments penetrated the hydraulic lines of all three independent hydraulic systems on board the aircraft, which rapidly lost their hydraulic fluid. They used their crew resource management, worked as a focused team, and landed the aircraft without any conventional controls. Newer batches of titanium use much higher melting temperatures and a "triple vacuum" process in an attempt to eliminate such impurities (triple melt VAR).[28][29]. Alcoa records indicate that this RMI titanium billet was first cut in 1972 and that all forgings made from this material were for airframe parts. Following the United 232 accident, such fuses were installed in the number three hydraulic system in the area below the number two engine on all DC-10 aircraft to ensure sufficient control capability remained if all three hydraulic system lines should be damaged in the tail area. 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. It was a tragedy because 112 people died, but a miracle because a greater number of passengers survived. Haynes asked Fitch to observe the ailerons through the passenger cabin windows to see if control inputs were having any effect. [1]:112, Flight Engineer[b] Dudley J. Dvorak, 51, was hired by United Airlines in 1986. [1]:75[10], The pilots felt a jolt, and the autopilot disengaged. 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Names were provided by the airline and survivors . [25] Three months after the crash, a farmer discovered most of the fan disk, with several blades still attached, in her cornfield, thereby qualifying her for a reward, as a General Electric lawyer confirmed. "[1]:100, The Flight 232 Memorial was built along the Missouri River in Sioux City, Iowa, to commemorate the heroism of the flight crew and the rescue efforts the Sioux City community undertook after the crash. Pilot Al Haynes has to put her down. [10], Meanwhile, Records found that the plane did not respond to his control column. CHICAGO, JULY 20 -- Following are the names of 177 passengers and six crew members who survived the crash Wednesday of United Air Lines Flight 232. But its most profound lesson came from the flight crew- that against all odds, their temperament and teamwork saved many lives. C) Get the hell out of here," said Vetter. Survivor of United Airlines Flight 232 runway crash Charles Martz, a longtime pilot, posing next to a small private plane at airport as he . She then read the passenger briefing from her manual. Patricia has a master's level postgraduate diploma in Human Factors in Aviation and has written about aviation since 2010. [1] Even with the control column turned all the way to the left, commanding maximum left aileron, and pulled all the way back, commanding maximum up elevator inputs that would never be used together in normal flight the aircraft was banking to the right with the nose dropping. We are very close," White said. Jan looked back into the darkness of the cabin, thick with smoke, and left the aircraft. "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. Rod and others will celebrate that again this weekend in Sioux City. In the wake of the crash, new rules were put in place regarding the manufacture and inspection of turbines, and changes were made to the design of future aircraft to decrease the chances that all control systems could be destroyed at the same time. Eleven children, including one lap child, died. United Airlines Flight 585 was a scheduled passenger flight on March 3, 1991 from Denver to Colorado Springs, Colorado, carrying 20 passengers and 5 crew members on board.The plane experienced a rudder hardover while on final approach to runway 35 at Colorado Springs Municipal Airport, causing the plane to roll over and enter an uncontrolled dive.All 25 people onboard were killed. 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. United Airlines flight 232 with 285 passengers, including 52 children, and 11 crew members, departed from Stapleton International Airport in Denver, Colorado, at 2:09 p.m. on July 19, 1989. 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Haynes instructed Fitch to operate the thrusters that powered the two remaining engines, which gave very minimal control over the aircrafts direction and orientation, while he and Records sought to get the normal flight controls working. [1]:3[10]. The brittle titanium around the impurity then cracked during forging and fell out during final machining, leaving a cavity with microscopic cracks at the edges. However, at least one hydraulic system must have fluid present and the ability to hold fluid pressure to control the aircraft. There was a DC10 training check airman and captain traveling as a passenger who stopped her, telling her not to worry as they had two more engines. ; Sumit Roy, 32, Hoffman Estates, Ill.; Robert Ryan, Hanover Park, Ill. 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