following faa protocol advises parents to place lap children on the floor. those are kids under 2 years old without paid seats. she's about to announce that passengers should brace for impact when captain haynes overrides her on the p.a. >> there was an announcement that this is going to be a seriously difficult landing. >> he said, i won't kid you, it's going to be rough. do the best you can. >> the plane is traveling at 247 miles per hour. 100 miles an hour too fast for a dc10 to land. without hydraulic fluid, the controls that would normally slow the plane down don't work, and because they can't be properly configured, the ground proximity warning system doesn't realize that the pilots are trying to land. it begins to sound, adding to the chaos in the cockpit.
red line. >> you want to be particular, make it a runway. >> runway united flight instructor danny finch flying in first class has offered to help and is now in the cockpit. captain haynes willingness to accept fitch's offer is crew resource management in action. >> he would not have said anything prior to crm because you don't go up to the cockpit and bother a captain when you've got a problem. >> captain finch was a perfect addition to an already effective crew, but he was an additional asset. >> i said take the throttles. i was asking him to do this and do that and he kind of fell into the pattern of what to do and we didn't have to say so much anymore. >> as united 232 approaches the airport, the pilots dump as much fuel as they can. this lightens the plane which increases their ability to control it. meantime, in the cabin senior flight attendant jan brown following faa protocol advises parents to place lap children on the floor. those are kids under 2 years old without paid seats. she's about to announce that