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

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Haynes took the controls and, noting the same control issues, reduced thrust on the number one engine, which resulted in the aircraft rolling out in a wings-level attitude, giving the crew critical time to evaluate the dire situation Flight 232 was facing. The plane entered a descending right-hand turn.

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Incidents and accidents: AeroTime’s commercial airline safety roundup of 2024  

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The DHC-8, which had been tasked to transport supplies to Niigata in response to the Noto Peninsula earthquake occurring the previous day, had entered the runway at Haneda Airport as the JAL A350 was on final approach. The left winglet of one of the aircraft collided with the right horizontal stabilizer and elevator of the other.

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