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The anatomy of a commercial flight – all you ever wanted to know: Part one  

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We will now begin our tour through a commercial airline flight, so sit back, relax, and enjoy the journey! Before departure Once you are onboard and safely seated, there will already be a rush of activity going on in the cabin around you.

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35 years ago: How a United Airlines crew landed an ‘unflyable’ DC-10

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Captain Haynes ran through the emergency engine shutdown checklist with the First Officer Records while the flight engineer continued to scan his instrument panel. Following further discussion and analysis of the flight’s route, Flight 232 was given instructions to divert to Sioux City Gateway Airport (SUX) in Iowa.

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