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United Airlines Flight 232 lost all hydraulics mid-air. This is the story of the “impossible landing".

Posted by cfabbro
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Title
The Impossible Landing
Authors
neo
Duration
27:19
Published
Feb 24 2026

5 comments

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    Pilot
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    There's a great episode of First Person, an Errol Morris TV documentary series about this accident that is very much worth your time (and suffering through that left-over late-90s cinematography...

    There's a great episode of First Person, an Errol Morris TV documentary series about this accident that is very much worth your time (and suffering through that left-over late-90s cinematography and editing style).

    https://youtu.be/nf33RDu_D6M

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    1. cfabbro
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      Nice. Thanks for sharing that. The overly dramatic 90s TV documentary style was mildly annoying, but it was still nice to hear Dennis E. Fitch talk about the events of that day in his own words....

      Nice. Thanks for sharing that. The overly dramatic 90s TV documentary style was mildly annoying, but it was still nice to hear Dennis E. Fitch talk about the events of that day in his own words.

      p.s. I like your super relevant username too. ;)

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  3. Pavouk106
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    This flight, while many people died that day, was kinda miraculous. So much against the odds and yet so many people survived. There is footage of the crash landing - you wouldn't believe someone...

    This flight, while many people died that day, was kinda miraculous. So much against the odds and yet so many people survived.

    There is footage of the crash landing - you wouldn't believe someone could survive that and yet around half the people on board did.

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  4. zipf_slaw
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    Wow, I hadn't heard this part before. Harrowing to say the least.

    Rescuers did not identify the debris that was the remains of the cockpit, with the four crew members alive inside, until 35 minutes after the crash.

    Wow, I hadn't heard this part before. Harrowing to say the least.

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