Flight 232: A Story of Disaster and Survival (64 page)

right wing in, 81, 90, 95–96, 97, 164, 216, 330, 382
n

roadblocks for, 2, 117, 142, 152–53

runway used in, 18, 24, 25, 63, 67, 68–69, 70, 80, 88–90, 92, 99, 100, 104, 114–15

seat belts in, 52, 53, 79, 100, 104–8, 111, 118, 131, 134, 144, 151, 163, 176, 177, 180, 183, 188, 202, 211, 224, 249, 273–74, 284, 309–10, 324, 325, 331

seating in, 42–43, 82, 97, 106, 129, 144, 163–64, 165, 168, 211, 240–41, 334, 382
n

simulation in preparation for, 20

site of, 121, 122, 215–17, 224,
228
, 236–37, 354

smoke in, 2, 25, 84, 89, 96, 98, 101–2, 108, 117, 129, 134, 135–36, 142, 143–44, 147, 150, 163, 164, 165, 167, 177–79, 180, 190, 192, 194, 196, 201, 202, 221, 268, 274, 284–85, 316, 330–32

speed in,
9–10
, 68, 71, 80–81, 276, 277

survivors of, 12, 42–43, 69, 75, 80–84, 90–93, 117, 121, 130–36, 142–47, 154, 162–75, 187–93, 212–14, 221, 246, 258, 284–85, 289–91, 300, 306, 309–10, 323–25, 329–35, 341–45, 350–54, 364–65

throttles used in, 8–9, 10, 14–15, 32, 33, 39, 51, 62–63, 65, 73, 90, 95, 96, 215

timeline for, 69–70, 78, 79, 95

triage operations in, 129–30, 146, 147, 153, 167, 195–96, 201, 203–4, 212, 289, 335

vertical speed of, 68

video of, 228, 385
n

volunteers for, 136–38, 225–26, 234–42, 250–55, 267–70, 280, 302

windshield damaged in, 97–98

“witness marks” in, 230, 256–57, 296–97, 313

United Airlines Flight 455, 361–62

United Airlines Flight 811 (1989), 243, 244, 282

United Airlines Go Team, 120, 123–24, 154, 172–73, 213, 222, 228, 230, 237, 238, 244–46, 290, 315–16

United Airlines Heavy Maintenance Group, 259

United Methodist Church, 341–42

Upshaw, Efram, 75

US Airways Flight 1549 ditching (2009), 362

vacuum arc remelting (VAR), 159, 338

vanadium, 158, 161, 286, 288, 333

Varig Brasil Airlines, 347

Vetter, Rod, 14, 118, 121, 156, 157, 162, 163, 166, 167, 180, 218, 222, 284–85, 298, 306, 308, 335, 353

VHF omnidirectional range (VOR), 17, 68

Walker, Jim, 130–31, 145, 153, 238, 240, 302

Walter, Karl, 106–7, 297–98

Walter, Marilyn, 106, 297–98

Walters, Barbara, 246

Warren, Dale, 46

Washington National Airport, 171–72

Hangar Six at, 171–72

Transportation Department, U.S. at, 171

wavelength dispersive spectroscopy (WDS), 332–33

weather conditions, 18, 21, 70, 88, 90, 94, 120, 147, 276, 277, 293

Weifenbach, Jim, 24, 64–65, 88

Wernick, Joan, 14, 206, 213, 272, 273, 284, 355, 364

Wernick, Pete, 14, 175, 206–7, 272, 273, 274, 284, 355, 360–61

Wernick, Will, 14, 206, 273, 284, 355

White, Susan, 4–5, 6, 16, 28, 41, 42, 43, 48, 49, 52, 54, 69, 74–80, 81, 82, 83, 103–8, 109, 152, 201, 202–5, 206, 216, 231, 249, 298, 303, 315–17, 324, 340, 342–45, 346

Whitehead, Bell, 59

White Star Line, 390n

Wick, Margaret, 168

Wildey, James, 87, 158, 286–88, 303, 313–14, 320, 322, 325, 328, 329, 332–33, 338, 363–64

Williams, Gregory, 184–85

Williams, Walter, 40, 177

wind direction and speed, 70, 88, 90, 94, 277, 293

wind-driven generators, 19, 29

“witness marks,” 230, 256–57, 296–97, 313

Wizniak, Edward, 227–28, 231–34, 238, 256, 257–59, 275, 280, 281, 282, 318

Wolf, Stephen, 124

Woodbury County Disaster and Emergency Services (WCDES), 20, 22, 23, 70, 119, 122, 123–24, 129–30, 150–51, 172–73, 216–17, 241

Wright, Velma, 170

X-rays, 122, 137, 237, 238, 251, 253, 266, 269, 304, 306, 332, 333

Yglesias, Rafael, 189

yoke, 8, 10, 14–15, 28–35, 36

Young, Gordy, 24
n

Young, John, 282, 285, 337

Zahren, Bill, 141–42, 311

Zenor, Shari, 140, 146–47

Ziegler cases, 270–71

Zielezinski, Mark, 16, 17, 21–22, 24, 64–65, 69, 70, 88, 89, 96, 98, 223–24

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