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Today In 1989: The “Impossible Landing” – How United Flight 232 Lost All Hydraulics After A DC-10 Engine Explosion, Yet 185 People Survived Against All Odds
On July 19, 1989, one of the most extraordinary chapters in aviation history unfolded over the American Midwest when United Airlines Flight 232 suffered a catastrophic failure that left its pilots with virtually no conventional way to fly the aircraft. What followed became known around the world as the “Impossible Landing”—a desperate 44-minute struggle in…
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United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby’s Surprising Hiring Test: One Question That Can Instantly End A Pilot’s Job Interview
Would you want to spend four days on a trip with this person? That’s the unusual question United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby uses when evaluating pilot candidates. Kirby asks a handpicked group of highly respected pilots to assess whether an interviewee is someone they’d genuinely enjoy traveling and working with for several days. If the…
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