35 years ago: How a United Airlines crew landed an ‘unflyable’ DC-10
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JULY 19, 2024
The primary flight controls on the DC-10 (ailerons, rudder, elevators, spoilers) were all operated by hydraulic pressure and the first officer was quick to realize that his controls were unresponsive to his inputs. On checking the hydraulic fluid pressure and quantity gauges, he noticed that they all read zero.
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