United Airlines Flight 811
"United Airlines Flight 811: Sudden Explosive Decompression" On February 24, 1989, a United Airlines Boeing 747-122 (B-747), departed Honolulu, Hawaii (HNL) bound for Sydney, Australia. While on climb-out the aircraft crew and passengers heard a loud explosion, followed almost instantly by a loss of cabin pressurization. A passenger, also a commercially licensed pilot, accounts of the incident by stating that "the cabin fogged over for what seemed to be about fifteen seconds.. At that stage all hell was breaking loose". (Rutherford, 2). What this passenger was describing was the aircraft's rapid depressurization process due to the loss of a cargo door in flight. United Airlines Flight 811 included a crew of three, fifteen flight attendants, and three hundred and thirty seven passengers (nine of which lost their lives on this flight). The flight had departed HNL gate ten at 0133 Honolulu Standard Time (HST), three minutes after proposed departure time. The second officer stated that all cabin and cargo door warning lights were out prior to the airplane's departure from the gate. After takeoff, the captain requested a deviation to the left of course for thunderstorm avoidance. He lef
Before the recovery of the door, it was believed that the door had been closed, but not latched properly. Eyewitness Account of United Flight 811. The second officer had reported that he had performed an operational check of the door warning annunciator lights as his portion of the cockpit checks. The right outboard leading edge flaps did not extend during the flap lowering sequence. On September 26th and October 1st, 1990, the cargo door was found in two pieces at a depth of 14,200 feet off the coast of Hawaii. During these twenty minutes, they had attended to injured flight attendants, and passengers. The estimated damage to the airplane was 14 million dollars, based upon United Airline's cost to repair it. The latch cams had been driven into the lock sectors that deformed so that they failed to prevent the back driving". The captain applied idle reverse on the number 1 and 2 engines and applied moderate to heavy braking to stop the airplane. They attached emergency masks to portable oxygen bottles, helped each other don their life preservers, helped numerous passengers don their life preservers, and briefed "helpers" on evacuation procedures. The final approach was flown at 190 to 200 knots indicated airspeed with only the number 1 and 2 engines operational.
Common topics in this essay:
Standard HST,
Aviation Regulation,
Coast Guard,
HST Honolulu,
Safety Board,
United Airlines,
United Airline's,
Sydney Australia,
Airlines Flight,
cargo door,
Pan B-747,
flight attendants,
flight 811,
united airlines,
portable oxygen,
oxygen bottles,
emergency evacuation,
cargo door flight,
edge flaps,
door flight,
lobe cargo,
lobe cargo door,
united airlines flight,
portable oxygen bottles,
airlines flight 811,
|
Acceptance Essays
