Hayes radioed the FAA and United Airlines for help. Haynes invited Fitch into the cockpit and assigned him to work the throttles. He was on his way home to Chicago for a three-day weekend after teaching a course in Denver.
He was an off-duty United Airlines DC-10 flight instructor. Haynes would bring one engine to idle and push the other to full throttle. By adjusting the thrust to the two remaining engines - one on each wing - they could stabilize the plane. Haynes, First Officer William Records and Second Officer Dudley Dvorak eventually gained control of the aircraft. It was in danger of turning upside down, which would have resulted in an immediate crash. The crippled plane began to turn steeply.
"Al" Haynes struggled to fly a plane without flight controls. View Gallery: Archive photos: 1989 Flight 232 crash in Sioux CityĬapt.
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