Al Haynes

So he flags down a flight attendant and offers his help.

She runs to the cockpit, tells Captain Al Haynes there's a DC-10 instructor on board, and they wave him up immediately.

Now, Denny Fitch knows more about how a DC-10 handles than almost anyone on the planet.

But even with all those thousands of hours of expertise, he is entirely unprepared for the scene he walks into.

He silently makes a vow to himself right there on the flight deck.

I will not accept failure.

He taps Captain Haynes on the shoulder and asks what he can do to help.

And this leads to a truly unprecedented piece of improvisation.

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um al haynes of course uh united flight 232 the city iowa city iowa video of that uh of that aircraft cartwheeling

man that's wild it's amazing that al and his crew were able to keep that aircraft just even level and descending enough to even make it to an airport

they had to uh they had to use the throttles to uh to get their turns yeah because this