closed position. During the course of the descent Captain Cronin had ordered Flight 1340 R UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN HEAVY YOU'RE CLEARED AH PILOTS DISCRETION 2833 F EIGHT ELEVEN HEAVY AH WE SHOULD HAVE THE AIRPORT BUT WE DON'T Yesterday marked 32 years since a United Airlines Boeing 747 lost a cargo door shortly after departing, resulting in nine passenger fatalities. SEATTLE (AP) _ A crippled United Airlines flight’s crew worried about staying aloft and boosted each other’s spirits during the harrowing return to Honolulu after their plane ripped open in flight, according to a cockpit recording transcript released Tuesday. 852 C YUP. elapsed since the emergency was declared. 944 X * AND FUEL AT LANDING. ″Tell the PA - the, ah, flight attendant to get, ah, prepared for an evacuation,″ Cronin said. 2249 F HONOLULU APPROACH UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN HEAVY IS WITH YA I don’t know.″. by the moving of a lever to close the door, are designed to reinforce 3302 F ONE EIGHTY FIVE As he went 3358 F LOOKS GOOD SO FAR 844 F I SAY IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S THE END OF IT RIGHT THERE TO THE RIGHT. As Flight 811 takes off from Honolulu to Auckland, New Zealand no one suspects there could be a serious weakness in the aircraft. 3110 F ARE WE DEPRESSURIZED? It was under the command of Captain David Cronin. United Airlines Flight 811 was a passenger flight from Los Angeles to Sydney with stops in Honolulu and Auckland. flying for approximately 16 minutes and was passing between 22,000 and At 02:10, an emergency 2030 F AH ROGER UNDERSTAND 3339 F NO SPOILERS 2637 C WHAT WHAT'S THE MINIMUM AH SPEED RIGHT NOW 3257 F ONE NINETY TWO 3324 F ONE NINETY TWO 824 F IT'S GONNA BE TO THE LEFT OF COURSE. 3036 C YEAH 538 F OKAY IT LOOKS LIKE ONE NINETY SIX AH PUT US DIRECT DOORS. ″OK don’t, OK, ah well, we have 24 miles to go and we’re drifting down slowly ... ″ Slader replied. 724 F OKAY. 1016 C I CAN'T GET ANY OXYGEN- Speculation has focused on the failure of a latch to work properly, although the crew at first thought the damage might have been caused by a bomb. the cabin, resulting in nine fatalities and leaving a gaping hole in 519 F OKAY. Fourteen minutes had 1421 R UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN HEAVY WHEN ABLE FORWARD THE SOULS ON BOARD back to Honolulu. 1207 C LET'S AH SHUT IT DOWN The 747's cargo door utilized a series of electrically-operated latch 1638 C WE'RE GETTIN' MORE RUMBLE ″I hear people screaming back there,″ Thomas said at 2:30. 2230 C WE'RE GOIN' DOWN TO FOUR THOUSAND RIGHT 2030 C OKAY WHAT'S WHAT'S OUR STALL SPEED 3217 C YEAH I'M JUST RIGHT 2623 E WE HAVE ALL OF OUR HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS The crew shut down the damaged No. The Federal Aviation Administration released its transcript of recorded radio conversations between the airplane and the Honolulu control tower earlier this month. 3406 E SPOILERS ARE COMIN' IN 3329 E FIFTY FEET 707 F WELL MAYBE WE CAN'T. 1043 E THE CABIN'S FIFTEEN AND I GOT THE * SET. 2059 R UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN HEAVY AFFIRMATIVE STILL HAVE YOU ON RADAR 2620 F OKAY WE'RE SEVENTEEN MILES OUT DAVE 2733 C * HOW ABOUT * 3145 C NAW I WOULDN'T EITHER 1425 F OKAY AH STAND-BY WE'LL GIVE IT TO YA AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. 853 E YOU GUYS (PICK/TAKE) THE QUICKEST WAY AROUND IT. 2218 R AND EIGHT ELEVEN YOU UNDERSTAND YOUR CHOICE OF RUNWAY DIRECT 2551 F WE DON'T HAVE IT ON THOSE TWO RIGHT 3250 F WE GOT A HUNDRED AND NINETY FIVE 1 priority is safety. 32 Years On – What Was Learned From United 811’s Explosive Decompression Date: February 28, 2021 Simple Flying by Sumit Singh. 1659 C OKAY 1922 E DOWN TO -- Engineer Randal Thomas to tell the flight attendants to prepare for 850 F YOU'RE GETTIN' A HOLE RIGHT HERE ON THE RADAR. THREE ZERO NOW IF WE COULD GET IT. 1118 E THE CABIN'S WRONG 1717 F DO YOU WANT TO BE BACK IN RADIO 822 F SOME WEATHER HERE AT AH to actually be able to keep the latch cams from moving into the unlocked 1034 F YOU OKAY? He and his wife, Barbara, also was a passenger, learned of Cronin’s death from a woman who was a purser on Flight 811. 741 E I DON'T THINK WE'RE GUNNA TOP THAT SON OF A GUN DO YOU 735 R UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN ROGER. 2838 R OKAY TURN ANOTHER FIFTEEN DEGREES LEFT UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN 2654 E DON'T GET ANY LOWER CAPTAIN 1153 C WE DON'T HAVE ANY FIRE INDICATIONS. As the plane neared the airport, the landing gear was extended; the 2502 C OKAY 2207 R UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN HEAVY HONOLULU WIND AT THE AIRPORT AT ZERO 2529 F ONE OH NINE FIVE AND ZERO SEVEN NINE 1824 C WE GOT A REAL PROBLEM HERE The aircraft was operating Flight 811 from Los Angeles to Sydney with scheduled stops in Honolulu and Auckland when the incident happened. 2807 F WE'RE GETTIN' A SPLIT Indian Airlines 605: A320: Crashed while too low on approach: 1991: 1-Feb-1991: USAir 1493: B737 : Collision on rwy with Metro II: 3-Mar-1991: United 585 : B737 : Crashed after uncommanded rudder deflection: 26-May-1991: Lauda Air 004 : B767 : Uncommanded deployment of the thrust reverser in flight: 11-July-1991 3035 F YOU'RE HIGH ON THE GLIDE SLOPE BY they shut it down as well. 3158 E NORMAL HYDRAULICS 1534 F AND AH WE'VE LOST AH WE'RE NOT GETTIN' FULL POWER OUT OF NUMBER 2321 R TURN TEN DEGREES LEFT VECTOR TO EIGHT LEFT. 938 R UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN HEAVY ROGER KEEP CENTER ADVISED. 2755 C GIVE ME A SPEED FOR FIVE DEGREES ALRIGHT an emergency landing, however Thomas was unable to contact the flight 3213 F AND YOU'RE OUT OF A THOU - OR THIRTEEN HUNDRED 2527 C YEAH 1420 E I AM DUMPIN/ 3035 F YOU READY? 2442 F FIFTEEN LEFT NOW UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN HEAVY 1557 E YEAH. emergency oxygen supply system, which is primarily located in the forward 2553 F ** YOU NEED TO TURN ** 3319 F ONE NINETY FIVE 2548 E WE'LL PUT THE IGNITION BACK ON 2259 R YOU CAN HAVE EIGHT LEFT 3244 C OKAY FINAL CHECK WE'RE DOING THAT 1726 F WHAT A # OF A THING TO HAPPEN ON YOUR AH SECOND TO LAST MONTH 1019 X * This resulted in a landing speed between 190 kts 1736 C WHICH ONE 2846 F OKAY WE'VE GOT THE ISLAND IN SIGHT AND WE SHOW WE'RE ONLY ELEVEN Seconds later, Cronin announced no fuel flow to No. 3119 E WANT ME TO TELL 'EM TO PLAN FOR EVACUATION 633 F ARE YOU GUNNA WANT TO GO A LITTLE TO THE RIGHT OR WHAT? 3037 C YEAH I WANNA BE HIGH 3355 E LOOKS GOOD 1503 E YOU DON'T HAVE ALL OF IT. We Honor United Flight 811 Crew. 3326 C COMIN' OFF ON THE POWER 1548 R UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN HEAVY ROGER I SHOW YOU SIX ZERO MILES SOUND 1523 C OKAY. 1211 O CONTINENTAL ONE HEAVY. 3238 E AH GEAR'S DOWN Mae Sapolu a flight-attendant in the Business-Class the seat-belt sign lit. United Flight 811, which originated in San Francisco and made a stop in Los Angeles, took off from Honolulu at 1:34 a.m. (6:34 EST) for a flight to Auckland, New Zealand. The crew did not get fire warnings from either of them, 1353 F OKAY AH FOURTEEN - 2554 E AIRSPEED BUGS - AH HERE'S - 1544 F SO AH AH I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE T and Susan Craig, Lee Campbell, Dr. John Crawford, John Swan, Rose Harley 1817 E FROM ABOUT ONE RIGHT BACK TO AH- 2738 F TRY AT FIVE COMIN' TO FIVE - TELL ME IF THE CONTROLS CHANGE 2040 X * 1209 C THERE'S NO N1. and Mary Handley-Desso. 1759 R UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN HEAVY ROGER 1040 C I'M OKAY. 1415 F DO WE 2642 C OH # 3337 F WE'RE ON https://abcnews.go.com/Archives/video/feb-24-1989-flight-811-rips-open-9443336 1912 C WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE WIND 1357 C AH WE'RE ON TWO ENGINES NOW. 1441 F YOU DUMPIN' AS QUICK AS YOU CAN? 2917 F WO WE MAY - WE WON'T HAVE THE STALL WARNING INDICATOR 1610 C YEAH LET'S SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING DOWN THERE 2145 F AH SAY YOUR WIND 448 C IT'S COLD OUTSIDE HERE. although engine 3 was experiencing heavy vibration, no N1 reading, and 2519 F ONE OH NINE FIVE ZERO SEVEN NINE - OKAY YOU'RE SET UP FOR THE 955 O WHAT'S THAT - 1746 C WELL the design of wide-body aircraft cargo doors were already known since February 24, 2017 — This year, United Airlines will retire the 747 fleet, which closes out a monumental period of aviation history, including the harrowing events of flight 811 on February 24, 1989. US A VECTOR AH DIRECT HONOLULU WE'RE LOSIN' THE VOR 1759 E THE RIGHT SIDE IS GONE FROM ABOUT THE AH ONE RIGHT BACK IT'S Crew of United Flight 811 Still Recovering DAVID BRISCOE May 11, 1989 GMT Most of the attendants who worked to protect the remaining 327 passengers in the howling horror of the plane’s darkened cabin have not been able to return to work either because of physically or psychologically problems, according to their supervisor. 3312 F YOU GOT THE GEAR DOWN WE'RE CLEARED TO LAND 1629 C WELL I KNOW IT I GOT- The pilots began an emergency descent to get the aircraft rapidly down 1929 R UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN AH YOU'RE MISSING THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CABIN The flight has a distance of 1,313.52 km (811.32 mi.) 2947 R SAY AGAIN 1107 F WHAT'S THE AH INSTRUMENT SAYIN' 2729 C HUH 3308 F ONE NINE ONE NINETY TWO 2906 F OKAY THE INBOARDS ARE COMING TO TEN position against the power of the door motors. 1840 F CENTER DO YOU READ UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN HEAVY 3152 C WELL HOW ARE WE DOIN' ON HYDRAULICS 4 engine, and the crew discussed flying the massive plane on just two engines. 2258 E EIGHT RIGHT EIGHT'S-- the decompression. ″We got a control problem here,″ Cronin said seconds later. the latch cams and prevent them from rotating into the unlocked position. 2143 C * WIND 3039 F TELL ME WHAT I CAN DO TO HELP 1608 E AH YOU WANT ME TO GO DOWN STAIRS AND CHECK - 1707 F YEAH 1559 F WE GOT TO SHUT DOWN NUMBER THREE- 1214 F READY FOR NUMBER THREE. 2509 F WE'RE TWENTY ONE MILES OUT 1836 C WE SHUT DOWN NUMBER FOUR 3001 F WE'RE ALREADY ABOVE THE GLIDE SLOPE HERE There is the sound of an alarm horn. 3157 C WE GOT BRAKES? 3421 E I'M GIVIN' THE EVACUATION SIGNAL 1956 F WE WANT ALL MEDICAL EQUIPMENT WE CAN GET AND THE AH ALL THE EQUIPMENT 3242 E THE SPEEDBRAKE AH 3335 E ZERO Yesterday marked 32 years since a United Airlines Boeing 747 lost a cargo door shortly after departing, resulting in nine passenger fatalities. 2825 * WE CAN GET THE INBOARDS 2435 F AND UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN HEAVY AH WE'D LIKE AS LONG A FINAL AS was closed was faulty; the motors could still draw power. 1036 F ARE YOU GETTIN' OXYGEN? 3330 C CENTER THE TRIM CENTER THE TRIM 1530 F OKAY IT APPEARS THAT WE'VE AH WE HAVE LOST NUMBER THREE ENGINE SIDE Flight engineer Mark Thomas of Albany, Ind., began dumping fuel as the plane limped back to Honolulu. 1216 F SHUTDOWN CHECKLIST. 2803 E * ONE SIXTY ONE NINETY AND 1440 F OKAY WE GOT - 2232 F WELL WE GUNNA GO WHATEVER WE CAN DO 2323 F OKAY TEN LEFT VECTOR TO I'LL GET IT - RUNWAYS SIR 1809 F FUSELAGE- Regardless, Captain Cronin was able to get the plane to ILS - First Officer, United Airlines Flight 811, transcript of cockpit voice recorder They did indeed blow a door. 2708 E ALRIGHT with an average flight time of 2 hours and 12 minutes. 1845 F THEY DON'T HEAR US WE'RE LOSING * Cronin agreed. 2726 E DON'T GET IT MUCH LOWER 1500 E THE N1 LOOKS - LOW BIG- 2954 F OKAY WATCH YOUR JUST OPEN YOU'RE JUST LOOKIN' OUTSIDE ″What a (expletive) of a thing to happen on your, ah, second to last month,″ Slader told Cronin. 2009 E I WOULDN'T GET IT OVER TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY KNOTS - THAT'S A 1522 E WE'RE DUMPIN' FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS A MINUTE. 1820 F ANYBODY- 3019 R UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN TURN RIGHT ZERO EIGHT ZERO 3121 F * NEED YOUR HELP DAVE 1828 F WHY DON'T YOU SEE IF YOU CAN GET BACK TOWARDS ZERO THREE ZERO 1412 E WE GOT AH HUNDRED- The flight connects Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Houston (IAH / KIAH) with Jacksonville International Airport, Jacksonville (JAX / KJAX).. 1830 F AH CENTER UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN HEAVY NOW AH YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE 2618 X ** 3418 F START LEVERS MILES FROM THE AIRPORT BUT AH WE DON'T HAVE THE AIRPORT 1317 F AND HONOLULU UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN HEAVY WE'RE GUNNA LEVEL AT NINE 1822 E SOME PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY GONE - I DON'T KNOW 407 F DO YOU FEEL LIKE ADDIN' SOME NUMBERS? 1156 E I DON'T HAVE NO I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. Immediately after, Slader noted a fire on the No. 2547 E IGNITION OPERATOR ″Can you maintain 240 (knots)?″ Slader asked. 2920 C OKAY 2034 F I WOULDN'T GO BELOW TWO FORTY 3419 C SHUT 'EM DOWN 3133 F OKAY The aircraft was operating Flight 811 from Los Angeles to Sydney with scheduled stops in Honolulu and … door off the fuselage, causing the massive decompression. WE GOT HERE? 641 C YEAH WE'LL BE ABLE TO TOP THAT. OF HONOLULU AT THIS TIME. 3102 C GIVE 'EM AH AH THREE MINUTE WARNING - TELL HER ON THE PA 3310 F COMIN' UP TO THE GLIDE SLOPE 1637 C YEAH WHY DON'T YOU - 2412 E YOU'RE GUNNA MAKE IT The debris ejected from the plane during the explosive decompression 3212 F OKAY YOU GOT TWO HUNDRED KNOTS 1741 C GO THROUGH THE PROCEDURE SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE 1601 E I'M GOING AH * -- 2011 F WHAT'S THE MINIMUM MANEUVERING AH MINIMUM MANEUVERING FOR WHAT 1917 C WHAT'S THE-- The aircraft was operating Flight 811 from Los Angeles to Sydney with scheduled stops in Honolulu and Auckland when the incident happened. 3332 ((SOUND OF RADIO ALTIMETER TONE STOPS)) 3154 E HYDRAULICS ARE AH GOOD 2339 F I'LL SET YOU UP THREE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 1202 F (LOOKIT) EGT - MAYBE WE DIDN'T - THERE'S NO N1. 1035 C YEAH. 436 F THERE'S A FEW OF THEM OUT THERE AREN'T THERE? Thomas asked the captain if he could go down and find out On February 24, 1989, the Boeing 747-122 serving the flight experienced a cargo door failure in flight shortly after leaving Honolulu. 2723 F HOW DO THE CONTROLS FEEL 1037 F WE'RE NOT GETTIN' ANY OXYGEN and 200 kts. 449 F YEAH IT IS. FIVE DEGREES ALRIGHT 1518 F YEAH BUT WE'RE LOSIN' ALTITUDE. 2843 R THAT'S CORRECT THAT'LL PUT YOU ON ABOUT A TWELVE MILE FINAL 1930 E * * GEAR 2611 E TWO HUNDRED AND AH 515 C TELL 'EM WE CAN HANDLE THIRTY THREE IF IT'S AVAILABLE. 2233 F HE CLEARED US TO SIX 1650 F * 1604 E I HAVEN'T TALKED TO ANYBODY YET I COULDN'T GET TO 'EM. 3322 F HALF A DOT HIGH 2617 R OKAY 1832 E ZERO THREE ZERO CAN YOU MAKE CAN YOU MAINTAIN HEADING NOW AND 2234 R UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN HEAVY AH CONTACT HONOLULU APPROACH NOW ONE 1719 C YEAH 2927 E I'D START along the aircraft's track; anticipating turbulence, the captain kept Laura Falci of Chicago was already asleep in seat 24A when United Airlines Flight 811 took off for New Zealand early Friday, her hair falling over her black double-breasted jacket. ONE NINETY'S PROBABLY GOOD SPEED - 2732 E I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING - * 3247 F SPEEDBRAKE EVACUATION. EDGE LIGHTS cams with which the latch pin locks in, the cam then rotating into the 2625 C THAT'S A PLUS 3341 F ON NUMBER TWO ONLY 'CAUSE WE GOT ONE SEVENTY 1847 C OKAY ALTITUDE United Airlines Flight 811 is similar to these aircraft occurrences: TWA Flight 128, American Airlines Flight 191, Hughes Airwest Flight 706 and more. a bomb, and considering the condition of the plane, it would be unwise 2556 C YEAH YOU WANT TO GIVE ME SOME SPEEDS cabin was also severely injured when she was almost pulled out of the 4 engine. 1937 E THE GEAR'S UP OKAY 2704 F WATCH YOUR HYDRAULICS 2608 F AH STANDBY UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN HEAVY upon leaving the cockpit: the aircraft's skin was peeled off in some low EGT and EPR, leading the crew to shut it down. United Airlines Flight 811 was a passenger flight from Los Angeles to Sydney with stops in Honolulu and Auckland. 1705 C YEAH THE RUNWAY AH- The United Airlines Boeing 747 experienced an explosive decompression as it […] 2018 R UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN HEAVY SEARCH AND RESCUE HAS LAUNCHED A HELICOPTER 2540 C READY 2937 F YOU GOT THE AIRPORT? The transcript of the cockpit recording released Tuesday was the first indication of what crew members said to each other during the 25-minute return to Honolulu. knots (440 km/h), producing a narrow operating envelope. 3412 F AH SPEEDBRAKE PARKING BRAKE - 1010 O TURNING NOW. 1234 F BUT I TOLD HIM WE COULDN'T HOLD IT 2857 F -YOU WANT TO TRY FOR MORE WE CAN PROBABLY GET - SPLIT SHOULD seats, killing 9 passengers. in the door's design. 2238 F EIGHTEEN ONE OKAY 2321 E I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THAT RUNWAY IS 2533 C WHAT WE'RE GUNNA DO IS AH GO ON A TWO ENGINE APPROACH FROM HONOLULU 3304 F A LITTLE SLOW DAVE BELOW WHAT WE WANT 2314 C NEGATIVE They did indeed blow a door. United Airlines Flight 811, a Boeing 747-122, N4713U, took off from Honolulu (HNL), Hawaii at 01:33 local time, bound for Sydney, Australia, with an intermediate stop at Auckland, New Zealand. addressed by the aircraft industry until much later. 2750 F OKAY WE'RE GETTIN' A SPLIT FLAP ON THE OUTBOARDS 2315 F AH NEGATIVE AP: Couple Aboard United Flight 811 Sues Airline, Boeing Air and Space Magazine: UAL 811: The untold story New Zealand Herald: Horror of United flight 811: Suellyn Caudwell recalls moment nine people were sucked out of plane 929 X THE ENGIN 3315 F EVERYTHING'S DONE AS FAR AS WE KNOW The initial climb passed through an area of thunderstorms, so … YOU CAN GIVE US that some of the victims died almost instantly as they were pulled out 2132 E OKAY LET ME TRY TO TALK TO THE PA - TO THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT GETTIN' 1522 F AH CENTER UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN HEAVY AH DO YOU HAVE A FIX ON US? WE HAVE OUT THERE 2635 C OKAY I'M NOT GUNNA - differential caved in the floor above the door, causing two rows of ″No (expletive),″ Cronin, then 59 and on his second-to-last flight, replied. ZERO MILES OPPOSITE DIRECTION AH HEAVY SEVEN FORTY SEVEN EMERGENCY AIRCRAFT SEATTLE (AP) _ A crippled United Airlines flight's crew worried about staying aloft and boosted each other's spirits during the harrowing return to Honolulu after their plane ripped open in flight, according to a cockpit recording transcript released Tuesday. The resulting decompression blew out several rows of 730 F AND COULD YOU PUT US AH PUT IT ON FILE FOR US AH WE'D LIKE THREE Some of the explosively ejected debris damaged 3207 E I'M FINE I'M TRYIN TO CATCH UP * At 2:33 the plane’s wheel touched the runway. 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