Dennis E. (Denny) Fitch (born 1942) was the off-duty DC-10 training captain who helped captain Al Haynes minimize loss of life on United Airlines Flight 232 when all flight controls were lost, on July 19, 1989. A flight instructor is a person who teaches others to fly Aircraft. Alfred C "Al" Haynes (born 1932 in Dallas Texas) is a former Airline pilot and a regular guest speaker at social events United Airlines Flight 232 was a scheduled flight operated by United Airlines between Denver and Philadelphia via Chicago. Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Fitch used differential throttle adjustment to steer the airliner to an oblique crash-landing at Sioux Gateway Airport, in Sioux City, Iowa, resulting in the survival of 185 out of 296 on-board. An airliner is a large Fixed-wing aircraft with the primary function of transporting paying passengers Sioux Gateway Airport, also known as Colonel Bud Day Field, is a public Airport located 6 miles (10 km south of Sioux City and just west Sioux City (ˌsuːˈsɪti is a city located in northwest Iowa in the United States. The State of Iowa ( is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States of America. He was badly injured in the crash, but returned to flying duties with United Airlines, for whom he had worked for 21 years. United Air Lines Inc, trading as United Airlines ( is a major airline of the United States.
He was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, and was commended by then-President George H. W. Bush and in Senate Resolution 174 of the 101st Congress, as a result of his feat. The American National Aviation Hall of Fame is located at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, east The National Air and Space Museum (NASM of the Smithsonian Institution is a museum in Washington D George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12 1924 served as the forty-first President of the United States from 1989 to 1993
A safety consultant to NASA as a member of the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel, he is also president of his own aviation consulting firm, specializing in Cockpit Resource Management and human factors, and gives motivational presentations to corporate groups and associations on teamwork, drawing on his experience on Flight 232. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program Crew (or Cockpit Resource Management (CRM training originated from a NASA workshop in 1979 that focused on improving Air safety.
He was formerly a pilot in the Air National Guard, and attended Duquesne University. The Air National Guard ( ANG), often referred to as the Air Guard, is the air force militia organized by each of the several states and Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit is a private Catholic university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Dennis Fitch was interviewed by Errol Morris about United Airlines Flight 232 for the documentary series First Person. Errol Morris (born February 5, 1948) is an American Academy Award winning Documentary film director Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt in one fashion or another to " Document " reality