Superb job by the crew!!
During the landing, MSNBC had as the commentator, Captain Al Haynes, who commanded United 232. Captain Haynes' DC-10 had a lot more wrong with it when it made its landing attempt at Sioux City Iowa in 1989.
Meatloaf, MSNBC reported that the TVs were turned off. Employees of NBC on the plane said that the television was turned off three to four minutes before landing, along with the air conditioning. Prior to that, the passengers were watching the progress of the flight on the cable news channels.
By my rough count, the first airport fire engine was alongside the plane 22 seconds after the plane stopped.
Last edited by SaturnV; 22nd Sep 2005 at 01:51.