DHL/EAT Crew Lands A300 With No Hydraulics After Being Hit By Missile

Aviation Week & Space Technology ^ | 12/7/2003 | David Hughes and Michael A. Dornheim

[Ronaldus Magnus]

Thank you very much for the link. I cringe at making an unreferenced assertion but I remembered that report pretty well at the time as well as remembering some more recent disgruntled objections to Haynes statements on the lecture circuit. He was the captain and had the responsibility for the flight, but Fitch had the throttles and made the landing.

[rickyc]

I know them both - Al did a superb job of overall managing the situation - Denny did a great job of flying the plane with throttles only.

Al's decision to let Denny do the flying while he alerted the emergency crews on the ground, briefed the flight attendents on how to prepare the cabin, and maintain overall supervision saved many lives.

[vetvetdoug]

Fitch and Haynes' will always be revered as heroes by anyone that knows even a little about the United Flight into Sioux City. Both of those men were saddened greatly that about half of the passengers on their flight died; they saved half of a flight that was doomed and with what happened on the DHL flight are saving men and women today. Fitch and Haynes are true heroes and will have a place of honor in aviation history.

[csvset]

phugoid oscillations

I had to look that up.

A Paris Match magazine freelance photographer was with the attackers and shot pictures of the missile launch and strike, which are in the Nov. 27 issue.

Ah, French journalism at it's finest, aiding and abetting.

[captcurt777]

UMM, THE ARTICLE MENTION FULL LOSS OF HYDRAULIC CONTROL, REGARDLESS,OF FRENCH MADE OR NOT IF A BOEING AIRPLANE GETS HITT AND LOSSES HYDRALIC CONTROL,THEY WILL BE IN THE SAME BOAT.WERE TALKIN ABOUT A AN AIRPLANE THAT WEIGHS MORE THAN YOUR HOUSE, THIS ISNT SOME CESSNA-150.


WHAT KIND OF DOUGH-HEAD ARE YOU?

[r9etb]

Dear newbie who signed on today apparently for the sole reason of shouting on a 2-year old thread:

My comment was based on the fact that the entire flight control system, including total pressure loss on all three hydraulics systems, occurred because of damage to one outboard flap.

One common approach in fluid system designs is to put isolation valves into the loop, so as to prevent leaks in one place from draining the entire system. It is clear that no such system existed in this case. Maybe it doesn't exist on any airplane. But it obviously should.

[RightOnline]

I once landed a KC-135 (modified 707; air refueler) rudder only; NO ailerons....and in a West Texas crosswind. Thought THAT was somethin'......but this is unreal. Kudos to the crew.