745 C OH (LET'S SEE HERE) 2941 C LET'S TRY AH 2024 C THEY LAUNCHED A HELICOPTER 3058 F SHE'S YELLING FOR 'EM TO SIT DOWN required a locking mechanism to keep the door closed. 1621 C AH WHAT'S THE MAX ON THERE- INTERCEPT 1415 F DO WE (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); United Airlines Flight 811 experienced a cargo door failure in flight ″I think we blew a door ... or something,″ Slader says seconds later. 1659 C OKAY 1113 F AH UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN HEAVY WE'RE OUT OF FIFTEEN POINT FIVE. 2957 C WE'RE ABOVE on Friday, February 24, 1989, after its last stopover at Honolulu International 929 X THE ENGIN 1443 E I'M I'M DUMPIN' EVERYTHING. 3023 R EIGHT ELEVEN IS CLEARED TO LAND EIGHT LEFT - EQUIPMENT STANDING SIX ZERO AT ONE ZERO ZERO SIX ZERO AT ONE ZERO rotation of the latch cams, which forced the weak locking sectors to 1412 E WE GOT AH HUNDRED- 3007 F RIGHT 3019 R UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN TURN RIGHT ZERO EIGHT ZERO 3407 F OKAY 1845 F THEY DON'T HEAR US WE'RE LOSING * Cronin agreed. 1817 E FROM ABOUT ONE RIGHT BACK TO AH- 2611 F AH ″We got a control problem here,″ Cronin said seconds later. ″Some people are probably gone. 2541 E OKAY IT'S AH - AUTO-BRAKE IF INSTALLED - UA6261 is a United Airlines flight from Houston to Jacksonville. 526 F AH UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN HEAVY GO AHEAD. 1810 E YES FUSELAGE IT'S JUST OPEN 1720 F I'LL GIVE YOU DIRECT HONOLULU 2412 E YOU'RE GUNNA MAKE IT 3035 E OKAY 3257 F ONE NINETY TWO 2259 R YOU CAN HAVE EIGHT LEFT 3054 F TWO ENGINE APPROACH 3420 F OKAY WE'RE STOPPIN' HERE UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN HEAVY THAT'S DIRECT HONOLULU 3152 C WELL HOW ARE WE DOIN' ON HYDRAULICS 2806 F WE'RE NOT GETTIN' FULL FIVE DAVE WE'RE GETTIN' A SPLIT designed to cut electrical power to the cargo door when the outer handle 20 Mar 1969: Avion Airways-Four two delta got the strobe lights in sight : 05 Jul 1970: Air Canada: 621: Pete, sorry. 1732 F YOU GOT A FIRE OUT THERE 1207 C LET'S AH SHUT IT DOWN United Airlines Flight 811 is similar to these aircraft occurrences: TWA Flight 128, American Airlines Flight 191, Hughes Airwest Flight 706 and more. 2758 F FIVE'S A HUNDRED AND EIGHTY INBOUND TO HONOLULU AND WE MIGHT NEED YOU TO ASSIST HIM AH INBOUND. 827 F ROGER. SIDE 2841 F FIFTEEN LEFT 3323 F LOOKIN' GOOD 3418 F START LEVERS OF HONOLULU AT THIS TIME. WE GOT HERE? The aircraft was operating Flight 811 from Los Angeles to Sydney with scheduled stops in Honolulu and Auckland when the incident happened. ″The right side is gone ... it’s just open. 2223 F EIGHT AH EIGHT RIGHT I BELIEVE IT IS OF THE AIRPLANE Cronin retired 10 days later on reaching the mandatory retirement age of 60. 3113 E HAVE ABOUT AH TWO MINUTES UNTIL WE TOUCH DOWN 2639 C WHADDA WE GOT ON FUEL WEIGHT La descompresión explosiva resultante rompió el fuselaje, desprendiendo varias filas de asientos, resultando en la muerte de 9 pasajeros. 3003 E JEEZ YOU'RE ON THE GLIDE SLOPE RIGHT NOW knots (440 km/h), producing a narrow operating envelope. that some of the victims died almost instantly as they were pulled out cargo sidewall area, just aft of the cargo door. At 2:34 a.m., Thomas signaled the evacuation of the plane. 32 Years On – What Was Learned From United 811’s Explosive Decompression Date: February 28, 2021 Simple Flying by Sumit Singh. TO AH YOU WANT TO GO DIRECT HONOLULU. SEATTLE (AP) _ A crippled United Airlines flight's crew worried about staying aloft and boosted each other's spirits during the harrowing return to Honolulu after their plane ripped open in flight, according to a cockpit recording transcript released Tuesday. 1753 E THE WHOLE RIGHT SIDE... 2647 F CLEAN MANEUVERING FOR SIX TWENTY IS TWO THIRTY SO - 2708 E ALRIGHT 2323 E I COULD LOOK IT UP Transcript of the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR), 117 E FOURTEEN * ONE SIXTY TWENTY EIGHT TWENTY FOUR. ″Can you maintain 240 (knots)?″ Slader asked. 2947 R SAY AGAIN 2314 C NEGATIVE 1937 F I'M SORRY EIGHT ELEVEN HEAVY SAY AGAIN 2816 F WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET MORE ONCE THIS SPLIT - STOPS THE OUTBOARDS 3039 F TELL ME WHAT I CAN DO TO HELP he now saw the gigantic hole in the side of the plane. 1948 F PART OF THE FUSELAGE IS MISSING 1059 F WHAT'S THE CABIN DOIN' MARK? 2515 C WE'RE GUNNA HOLD THAT UNTIL WE GET ON THE GLIDE SLOPE 3252 F LOOKIN' GOOD addressed by the aircraft industry until much later. elapsed since the emergency was declared. 538 F OKAY IT LOOKS LIKE ONE NINETY SIX AH PUT US DIRECT DOORS. 3303 F A LITTLE SLOW You may recall that the aircraft was safely recovered to HNL through the skill of Captain… 2610 E I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY'S ON BOARD 3355 E LOOKS GOOD 1912 F AH WE'RE SHO-WE'RE STILL FORTY FIVE DME SO AH YOU WATCH US AH 3037 C YEAH I WANNA BE HIGH 2704 F WATCH YOUR HYDRAULICS El vuelo 811 de United Airlines (UA811/UAL811) era un vuelo regular programado entre Los Ángeles y Sydney, con escalas en Honolulú y Auckland.El 24 de febrero de 1989, el Boeing 747-122 operando el vuelo experimentó una falla en la puerta de carga. 1824 C WE GOT A REAL PROBLEM HERE The crew did not get fire warnings from either of them, 2832 C YOU BET 2645 F ONE SIXTY'S * DIRECT DOORS. 1153 C WE DON'T HAVE ANY FIRE INDICATIONS. 132 C ALL RIGHT 2030 C OKAY WHAT'S WHAT'S OUR STALL SPEED 2729 C HUH 3424 YOU MADE AN ANNOUN-, ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The tape ended seconds later. in this case that a short circuit in the aging plane caused an uncommanded 2407 F OKAY DON'T OKAY AH WELL WE HAVE TWENTY FOUR MILES TO GO AND WE'RE At 2:14, Cronin noted a problem with the No. seats, killing 9 passengers. 3236 E OKAY DESCENT CHECK 3250 F WE GOT A HUNDRED AND NINETY FIVE 1333 F I THINK WE LOST THE AH - WE LOST THE AH IT'S LIKE THE LEADING On February 24, 1989, the Boeing 747-122 serving the flight experienced a cargo door failure in flight shortly after leaving Honolulu. Around this time (02:08) the plane had been 2634 E THE PUMPS ARE RUNNING 1749 R UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN HEAVY AH PILOTS DISCRETION DESCEND TO FOUR flaps only partially deployed, as a result of damage sustained following https://sillyguy.fandom.com/wiki/United_Airlines_Flight_811 This resulted in a landing speed between 190 kts At 02:10, an emergency EDGE ON NUMBER AH-- 3217 C YEAH I'M JUST RIGHT The resulting explosive decompression blew out several rows of seats, resulting in the deaths of nine passengers. 3032 C OKAY WELL LET'S TRY THE GEAR 3328 E ONE HUNDRED FEET and 200 kts. 1922 E DOWN TO -- 2036 E AH YEAH back to Honolulu. 3421 C WE'RE EVACUATING to solve the problems in the 1970s, the problems were not seriously 2656 C I KNOW 2148 F WE TOOK OFF ON EIGHT 2753 C AH LET'S AH JUST YOU LAND WITH FIVE DEGREES GIVE ME A SPEED FOR February 24, 1989 a day that would change the lives of 337 passengers and 18 crew members onboard United Airlines Flight 811. THE OUTBOARDS- 3338 E GEAR'S HOLDING 2218 R AND EIGHT ELEVEN YOU UNDERSTAND YOUR CHOICE OF RUNWAY DIRECT 2928 F WE'RE HIGHER THAN HELL 1815 C AH THE WHOLE RIGHT SIDE IS GONE 719 R UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN HEAVY UNABLE THREE THREE ZERO OAKLAND HAS 3020 C OKAY LET'S AH - 2058 C ARE YOU SQUAWKING SEVENTY SEVEN 1527 R AFFIRMATIVE SIR I HAVE YOU ON RADAR. 1317 F AND HONOLULU UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN HEAVY WE'RE GUNNA LEVEL AT NINE BIT PLEASE 3329 E FIFTY FEET 3348 F ONE FORTY Show Plane Crash Podcast, Ep United Airlines Flight 811 - 27 de ago. 1000 F PUT YOUR MASK ON DAVE 1943 C YEAH was designed with an outward-hinging door which, while increasing capacity, 2030 F AH ROGER UNDERSTAND 2516 C YOU WANT TO GET ME SET UP WHEN AH EIGHTY SEVEN It was under the command of Captain David Cronin. The pilots began an emergency descent to get the aircraft rapidly down 2157 C NAW * * 2942 C WE'RE ABOVE GLIDE SLOPE AH * 2626 F THAT NOT - SOMETHIN' - SCREWY THERE 2845 C OKAY with an average flight time of 2 hours and 12 minutes. 3405 C AS SOON AS I LOCK THE AH - First Officer, United Airlines Flight 811, transcript of cockpit voice recorder They did indeed blow a door. 2150 R UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN HEAVY STANDBY WE'RE GETTIN' AH CURRENT WEATHER 2511 F WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE, WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE Panic Over The Pacific – The Crew Of United Airlines Flight 811 February 24, 1989 a day that would change the lives of 337 passengers and 18 crew members onboard United Airlines Flight 811. https://abcnews.go.com/Archives/video/feb-24-1989-flight-811-rips-open-9443336 3317 F TWO HUNDRED Unlike a plug door which opens inwards and essentially 2625 C THAT'S A PLUS ″Safety is good business,″ she said, noting that although the 747 is required to carry only nine flight attendants, Flight 811 had 15, in addition to one who was flying as a passenger but joined in helping with the emergency and also received an award. 1955 F WE'D LIKE ALL THE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT WE CAN GET 2221 X WHICH ONE United spokeswoman Sara Dornacker in Chicago said the airline’s No. AND FUEL AT LANDING. 3259 F DOT AND A HALF HIGH 2228 C YEAH United Airlines Flight 811 experienced a cargo door failure in flight on Friday, February 24, 1989, after its last stopover at Honolulu International Airport, Hawaii. 2637 C WHAT WHAT'S THE MINIMUM AH SPEED RIGHT NOW 1248 R UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN HEAVY ROGER. AP: Couple Aboard United Flight 811 Sues Airline, Boeing Air and Space Magazine: UAL 811: The untold story New Zealand Herald: Horror of United flight 811: Suellyn Caudwell recalls moment nine people were sucked out of plane 1944 F THAT'S AFFIRMATIVE THE WE'RE MISSING A SECTION OF THE RIGHT SIDE Yesterday marked 32 years since a United Airlines Boeing 747 lost a cargo door shortly after departing, resulting in nine passenger fatalities. 1500 E THE N1 LOOKS - LOW 2939 C OKAY 1929 R UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN AH YOU'RE MISSING THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CABIN and all passengers and flight attendants were off in less than 45 seconds, 847 C YEAH. the decompression. 3308 F ONE NINE ONE NINETY TWO 2320 R I GOT YOU ON RADAR 2251 R UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN RUNWAY FOUR RIGHT YOU'RE CLEARED TO LAND 3209 F MAKE SURE YOU GET SPUN AROUND AND FACE FORWARD You’re just lookin outside,″ Thomas said. 2224 C WHAT ASK HIM WHAT THE - ranging from scratches to a dislocated shoulder. 908 F I DON'T KNOW. 3408 C I'M GUNNA LOCK THE BRAKES. 1548 R UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN HEAVY ROGER I SHOW YOU SIX ZERO MILES SOUND 953 C EMERGENCY DESCENT. 2643 E * SIX TEN AH ONE SIXTY 2120 C AND PLAN EVACUATION TELL 'EM 2054 F AH CENTER UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN HEAVY ARE YOU AH YOU ARE LOOKIN' 3312 F YOU GOT THE GEAR DOWN WE'RE CLEARED TO LAND 2920 C OKAY 2553 F ** YOU NEED TO TURN ** to breathable air, while performing a 180-degree left turn to take them 1637 C YEAH WHY DON'T YOU - FOUR. was declared, and the crew began dumping fuel to get the plane's weight 1239 F THAT STOPPED THE VIBRATION ANYWAY. 3219 F WANT ME WANNA HAVE 'EM TURN THE RABBIT DOWN 3021 F OKAY WE HAVE THE AIRPORT NOW UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN HEAVY 2759 E IT'S ON IT'S ON THE BOARD ONE NINETY 938 R UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN HEAVY ROGER KEEP CENTER ADVISED. 2403 C AH - I CAN'T AH I CAN'T HOLD ALTITUDE Operating Flight 811 from Honolulu International Airport to Auckland was a 19 year old Boeing 747-122 (N4713U), the 89th Jumbo Jet off the production line. 1337 C WE MIGHT HAVE SOME DAMAGE OUT THERE - 1641 C NO FUEL FLOW NOW FUEL FLOW ON NUMBER AH FOUR ENGINE 815 C OKAY TELL HIM WE'RE GUNNA DETOUR OVER TO THE LEFT. 2858 F SPLIT SHOULD STOP THE OUTBOARDS Thomas warned against flying too fast because of the gaping hole, and Slader wondered what the minimum airspeed was under the circumstances. 1934 F IF THAT WOULD HELP LEAVE IT DOWN 1018 F (DID WE AH) 2950 C YEAH WE'RE ALRIGHT 2938 E IT'S RIGHT OVER HERE TO YOUR RIGHT 3356 F ONE TEN 1212 F YEAH OKAY. EDGE LIGHTS 3254 C YUP 3240 E FLAP - WE KNOW WHAT THEY ARE As Flight 811 takes off from Honolulu to Auckland, New Zealand no one suspects there could be a serious weakness in the aircraft. 527 R YES SIR SAY YOUR HEADING DIRECT DOORS. 2810 F ON THE OUT ON THE OUTBOARDS 2902 F ALRIGHT WE'LL TRY TEN 1912 C WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE WIND TRAFFIC. The plane's stall speed was around 240 1706 E OKAY I'M GOING DOWNSTAIRS TO SEE WHAT THE # IS GOING ON 2929 E YEAH I'D START MAKIN' THE RIGHT HAND TURN 1608 E AH YOU WANT ME TO GO DOWN STAIRS AND CHECK - 2803 E * ONE SIXTY ONE NINETY AND 2551 F WE DON'T HAVE IT ON THOSE TWO RIGHT BIG- 3035 F YOU'RE HIGH ON THE GLIDE SLOPE ″OK don’t, OK, ah well, we have 24 miles to go and we’re drifting down slowly ... ″ Slader replied. The flight has a distance of 1,313.52 km (811.32 mi.) 2659 C LET'S TRY AH ONE DEGREE AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS 3340 C I'M GUNNA GO INTO REVERSE 1458 E OKAY SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIVE EGT 2345 F WATCH YOUR AIRSPEED 2547 E IGNITION OPERATOR 1736 C WHICH ONE aft of the Number 1 exit door was open. 3043 F YOU'RE OKAY YOU'RE AH YOU'VE GOT TEN FLAPS THAT SHOULD BE ONE 3335 E ZERO 3223 C CENTER THE AH TRIM WHEN WE WHEN I COME BACK ON THAT 1918 R UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN ROGER I HAVE YOU ON RADAR 1116 R UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN HEAVY ROGER. 3238 E AH GEAR'S DOWN During the climb, the crew made preparations to detour around thunderstorms 3200 F SO WE GOT BRAKES 1420 E I AM DUMPIN/ 2416 F MAKE SURE WE DON'T HIT ANY # HILLS ON THE WAY 2316 F WE'RE STILL TWENTY EIGHT MILES OUT ON THE DME ANYWAY ON HONOLULU 2953 F OKAY 2142 F TRY TO HOLD YOUR SPEED 2623 E WE HAVE ALL OF OUR HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS 2321 R TURN TEN DEGREES LEFT VECTOR TO EIGHT LEFT. 1414 C WE GOT A CONTROL PROBLEM HERE. flying for approximately 16 minutes and was passing between 22,000 and 2943 F ARE WE GOOD FOR TERRAIN OUT HERE? 1135 C TELL THE PA- THE AH FLIGHT ATTENDANT TO GET AH PREPARED FOR AN FIVE DEGREES ALRIGHT February 24, 2017 — This year, United Airlines will retire the 747 fleet, which closes out a monumental period of aviation history, including the harrowing events of flight 811 on February 24, 1989. 1648 C WE MUST BE AH LOSIN' FUEL LIKE MAD OUTTA THAT - 1430 E YEAH. 1632 F YOU GOT TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY KNOTS NOW 2540 C READY 3147 F WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE HAVE FOR BRAKES BUT WE GOT NORMAL PRESSURE 2956 C YEAH LET'S TRY THE GEAR upon leaving the cockpit: the aircraft's skin was peeled off in some 3302 F ONE EIGHTY FIVE 3207 E I'M FINE I'M TRYIN TO CATCH UP * 2618 X ** 1739 C YEAH WE GOT A FIRE IN NUMBER FOUR 1650 F * 1035 C YEAH. 1441 F YOU DUMPIN' AS QUICK AS YOU CAN? 2207 R UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN HEAVY HONOLULU WIND AT THE AIRPORT AT ZERO 2232 F WELL WE GUNNA GO WHATEVER WE CAN DO 1847 C OKAY Yesterday marked 32 years since a United Airlines Boeing 747 lost a cargo door shortly after departing, resulting in nine passenger fatalities. 1950 F AND WE'VE GOT AH WE'VE LOST ENGINE NUMBER THREE 1755 C WE GOT A FIRE ON THE FIGHT SIDE United Airlines Flight 811 was a regularly scheduled airline flight from Los Angeles to Sydney, with intermediate stops at Honolulu and Auckland. The debris ejected from the plane during the explosive decompression 2557 E ONE FIFTY IS GUNNA BE YOUR TWO ENGINE AH USE AH ONE SIXTY 1812 C OKAY IT LOOKS LIKE WE GOT A BOMB AH THAT WENT OFF ON THE RIGHT 2926 C YEAH 1555 F OKAY WHERE ARE WE WE GOT YOU'RE DUMPIN'- 2034 F I WOULDN'T GO BELOW TWO FORTY Seconds later, Cronin announced no fuel flow to No. Back in May, I published ‘Death of an Airliner’ – the, oh, let’s call it ‘surprising’ post-accident life of Boeing 747-122 msn #19875/89 which, as United Airlines Flight UAL 811, suffered an explosive decompression out of Honolulu in February 1989. OKAY SO 3030 F CLEARED TO LAND EIGHT LEFT UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN HEAVY 3244 C OKAY FINAL CHECK WE'RE DOING THAT 2644 E WE'RE STILL DUMPIN' 1640 E SIX SIXTY FIVE - 3326 C COMIN' OFF ON THE POWER 3133 F OKAY 1552 F AH ROGER. Fourteen minutes had 735 R UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN ROGER. Operating Flight 811 from Honolulu International Airport to Auckland was a 19 year old Boeing 747-122 (N4713U), the 89th Jumbo Jet off the production line. 850 F YOU'RE GETTIN' A HOLE RIGHT HERE ON THE RADAR. United Airlines Flight 811 was a regularly scheduled airline flight from Los Angeles to Sydney, with intermediate stops at Honolulu and Auckland. I don’t know.″. ″Make sure we don’t hit any (expletive) hills on the way,″ Slader added. 726 C I WOULD YOU PUT IT ON FILE FOR US. 2140 E I CAN'T TALK TO HER DOWN THERE Deficiencies in 2238 F EIGHTEEN ONE OKAY 2507 F OKAY WE'RE AT FOUR 1211 O CONTINENTAL ONE HEAVY. The aircraft returned to Honolulu, where it landed without further loss of life. ″Goin’ down,″ Cronin of Incline Village, Nev., said, followed by ″Emergency descent.″. 2617 R OKAY 1040 C I'M OKAY. 941 C CALL THE (A/AFT) FLIGHT ATTENDANT. ONE EIGHT POINT ONE IF ABLE Yesterday marked 32 years since a United Airlines Boeing 747 lost a cargo door shortly after departing, resulting in nine passenger fatalities. 2630 E WE GOT ALL OF OUR HYDRAULICS AH INDICATING NORMALLY RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT IS MISSING. 1705 C YEAH 2132 E OKAY LET ME TRY TO TALK TO THE PA - TO THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT GETTIN' 2326 F TEN LEFT 1107 F WHAT'S THE AH INSTRUMENT SAYIN' 1120 E WE'RE GETTIN' WHAT WE GOT. 2143 C * WIND 1746 C WELL 1737 F LOOKS LIKE NUMBER - NUMBER FOUR HOLD ON A SECOND - 2828 E ARE YOU GUNNA TRY TO EVACUATE THE AIRPLANE * LANDING 2536 C YOU WANT TO READ ME A CHECKLIST 2826 E DO NOT GO BELOW TWO TEN THOUGH Flight 811 took off from Honolulu International Airport bound for Auckland 2341 F ONE OH NINE - ZERO SEVEN NINE YOU CAN GIVE US 2227 F WATCH YOUR ALTITUDE 1519 C I KNOW IT. At 2:19, Cronin told the tower they would ″like all the medical equipment we can get.″. 1848 R UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN HEAVY CENTER 05 Jan 1969: Ariana Afghan Airlines: 701: We're finished! 2730 C I DIDN'T HEAR YA 1006 R CONTINENTAL ONE HEAVY AFFIRMATIVE. 1230 O CONTINENTAL ONE HEAVY TRAFFIC. SEVENTY BUT THE INBOARDS ARE UP AH THE OUTBOARDS ARE UP SO - TWO HUNDRED 2257 F AH EIGHT EIGHT IS AH LONGER ISN'T IT? 2755 C GIVE ME A SPEED FOR FIVE DEGREES ALRIGHT 2923 C I SAY LAND WITH TEN DEGREES 1841 R UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN HEAVY DO YOU HAVE THE AIRPORT IN SIGHT 3419 C SHUT 'EM DOWN 2538 E YEAH I GOT IT OUT WHEN YOU'RE READY 2913 F NOW SPEED'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE STALL WARNING INDICATOR'S ON THE RUNWAY AH- 1156 E I DON'T HAVE NO I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. 3119 E WANT ME TO TELL 'EM TO PLAN FOR EVACUATION 3335 ((SOUND OF TOUCHDOWN)) Indian Airlines 605: A320: Crashed while too low on approach: 1991: 1-Feb-1991: USAir 1493: B737 : Collision on rwy with Metro II: 3-Mar-1991: United 585 : B737 : Crashed after uncommanded rudder deflection: 26-May-1991: Lauda Air 004 : B767 : Uncommanded deployment of the thrust reverser in flight: 11-July-1991 3421 F WE'RE EVACUATING THE AIRPLANE 2925 E CAN YOU MAKE THE TURN HERE - CAN YOU MAKE THIS TURN 2532 C THANKS NOW 3154 E HYDRAULICS ARE AH GOOD 522 X *** 2038 F TWO TWO FORTY'S CLEAN MANEUVERING - SINCE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT 741 E I DON'T THINK WE'RE GUNNA TOP THAT SON OF A GUN DO YOU There is the sound of an alarm horn. 2018 R UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN HEAVY SEARCH AND RESCUE HAS LAUNCHED A HELICOPTER TO SIX THOUSAND HONOLULU ALTIMETER THREE ZERO ONE TWO. The resulting decompression blew out several rows of seats, killing 9 passengers. 1836 C WE SHUT DOWN NUMBER FOUR 1043 E THE CABIN'S FIFTEEN AND I GOT THE * SET. ″Yes, fuselage, it’s just open,″ Thomas said. 2808 C THAT'S ALL RIGHT with 3 flight crew, 15 flight attendants, and 337 passengers at approximately TO THE HONOLULU AIRPORT AND YOUR CHOICE 2009 E I WOULDN'T GET IT OVER TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY KNOTS - THAT'S A 449 F YEAH IT IS. 1021 E (WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO NOW) ″I don’t know,″ replied first officer Al Slader, of Langley, Va. Then there is the sound of a loud bang, and power to the recording unit was interrupted for 21 seconds. 1515 C YEAH JUST BARELY. 1522 F AH CENTER UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN HEAVY AH DO YOU HAVE A FIX ON US? 3339 F NO SPOILERS 934 F AND AH WE'RE DESCENDING RAPIDLY COMING BACK 1735 F YEAH LOOKS LIKE IT'S ENGINE NUMBER FOUR 3121 F * NEED YOUR HELP DAVE 2957 C AH WELL, HOLD ON, LET'S GET ON THE GLIDE SLOPE HERE THREE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 907 C WHAT THE # WAS THAT? 2620 F OKAY WE'RE SEVENTEEN MILES OUT DAVE 4 engine. 1838 C WE'RE ON TWO ENGINES. 2833 F EIGHT ELEVEN HEAVY AH WE SHOULD HAVE THE AIRPORT BUT WE DON'T 1019 X * 1038 E NO I'M NOT GETTIN' OXYGEN EITHER. 10 Aug 1968: Piedmont Airlines: 230: Watch it! 1243 E LOTS OF FUEL 2548 E WE'LL PUT THE IGNITION BACK ON 2430 C I NEED A LONG FINAL 837 F LOOKS LIKE IT ENDS OUT THERE TO THE RIGHT DOESN'T IT? AID YOU IN AH RETURNING BACK TO HONOLULU The flight was uneventful until 2:09 a.m., when pilot David Cronin said: ″What the (expletive) was that?.″. 3055 E I HEAR PEOPLE SCREAMIN' BACK THERE 2221 C WHAT'S THE LONGEST RUNWAY 2350 F ONE OH NINE FIVE - AND AH ZERO SEVEN NINE 1744 F WE'RE NOT GUNNA BE ABLE TO HOLD THIS ALTITUDE ON TWO Some of the explosively ejected debris damaged 3248 F WE GOT TEN FLAPS Cockpit Voice Recorder Database, visit us at www.tailstrike.com. 1759 E THE RIGHT SIDE IS GONE FROM ABOUT THE AH ONE RIGHT BACK IT'S they shut it down as well. 2837 C WHERE'S THE AIRPORT ″Is there a closer airport than this?″ Slader asked at 2:22. 2217 F IS THERE A CLOSER AIRPORT THAN THIS 407 F DO YOU FEEL LIKE ADDIN' SOME NUMBERS? 1834 C AH NOT REALLY DTIFTIN' DOWN SLOWLY SO - 1741 C GO THROUGH THE PROCEDURE SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE 2249 F HONOLULU APPROACH UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN HEAVY IS WITH YA 1917 C WHAT'S THE-- 2432 C TELL HIM WE NEED A LONG FINAL 1624 F * 2155 F AH WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GUNNA GET WITH GEAR EITHER DO WE 2801 F WE'RE NOT GETTIN A FULL FIVE 2435 F AND UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN HEAVY AH WE'D LIKE AS LONG A FINAL AS 2604 F OKAY SOULS ON BOARD Indian Airlines 605: A320: Crashed while too low on approach: 1991: 1-Feb-1991: USAir 1493: B737 : Collision on rwy with Metro II: 3-Mar-1991: United 585 : B737 : Crashed after uncommanded rudder deflection: 26-May-1991: Lauda Air 004 : B767 : Uncommanded deployment of the thrust reverser in flight: 11-July-1991 - First Officer, United Airlines Flight 811, transcript of cockpit voice recorder. At 2:33 the plane’s wheel touched the runway. Engineer Randal Thomas to tell the flight attendants to prepare for Speculation has focused on the failure of a latch to work properly, although the crew at first thought the damage might have been caused by a bomb. 2025 R SEARCH AND RESCUE HAS LAUNCHED A HELICOPTER TO INTERCEPT AND 3322 F HALF A DOT HIGH 1521 E WE'RE DOWN TO AH SIX HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THOUSAND NOW The front cargo door of the aircraft blew out resulting in the death of 9 passengers and the injuries of 38 others. 1227 E LOOKS OKAY TO GIVE IT A TRY 2615 F AH WE'RE TOO BUSY RIGHT NOW IT'S TWO HUNDRED AND SOMETHING 2004 E I WOULDN'T GO ANY FASTER THAN YOU HAD TO BECAUSE THAT THAT HOLE 1209 C THERE'S NO N1. 3035 F YOU READY? 1429 C WHAT ARE YA DUMPIN' DOWN TO? 3139 F I'D SAY AIM FOR ABOUT ONE NINETY FOR TOUCHDOWN to the cockpit, visibly pale, and reported that large section of fuselage 2147 C THAT'S ALRIGHT HE - The aircraft was operating Flight 811 from Los Angeles to Sydney with scheduled stops in Honolulu and Auckland when the incident happened. 822 F SOME WEATHER HERE AT AH 2556 C YEAH YOU WANT TO GIVE ME SOME SPEEDS 2415 E YOU'RE GUNNA MAKE IT 1935 C WHAT NTSB: Electrical short or momentary actuation by someone on the ground Before the engines started - ground handling bus disengaged after engines start United Airlines Flight 811 February 24, 1989 Boeing 747-122, N4713U Cargo Door Works Cited FAA/ NTSB/ Boeing Changes The Accident 2627 C OKAY WHADDA WE GOT IN HYDRAULICS FROM HONOLULU 1243 F AH CENTER UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN YOU WANT TO HAVE THE EQUIPMENT 1216 F SHUTDOWN CHECKLIST. 1036 F ARE YOU GETTIN' OXYGEN? 1037 F WE'RE NOT GETTIN' ANY OXYGEN followed by a loud thud which rattled the whole aircraft1½ An electrical switch 436 F THERE'S A FEW OF THEM OUT THERE AREN'T THERE? 1936 F THE GEAR'S UP 2234 R UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN HEAVY AH CONTACT HONOLULU APPROACH NOW ONE 2132 R UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN HEAVY ROGER AND AH LAND AT YOUR CHOICE OF 2415 F WELL - AT US AREN'T YA 2105 C OKAY PUT YOUR AH HARNESSES ON AND * * * 3416 E SHUTDOWN THE ENGINES 3337 F WE'RE ON Mae Sapolu a flight-attendant in the Business-Class 1921 E WELL I I SAY WE LAND OVER WEIGHT SO WE'RE SIX FIFTY TWO RIGHT ″Go through the procedure, shut down the engine,″ Cronin said. 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