2010-04-13

Checking sources

Source #1

1641 -C- NO FUEL FLOW NOW FUEL FLOW ON NUMBER AH FOUR ENGINE
1644 -F- HOW CAN WE HAVE NO FUEL FLOW IF WE GOT N1 AND EGT
1648 -C- WE MUST BE AH LOSIN' FUEL LIKE MAD OUTTA THAT -
1650 -F- *
1652 -C- NUMBER FOUR ENGINE YOU GOT THE THING BALANCED ON THE FUEL.
1657 -E- AH YES FUEL'S BALANCED.
1659 -C- OKAY
1701 -F- OKAY WATCH YOUR HEADING WATCH YOUR HEADING YOU'RE GOIN DIRECT TO AH YOU WANT TO GO DIRECT HONOLULU.
1705 -C- YEAH
1706 -E- OKAY I'M GOING DOWNSTAIRS TO SEE WHAT THE # IS GOING ON
1707 -F- YEAH
1708 -C- GO AHEAD AND RUN DOWN AND SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING

Source #2

I do recall at one stage (probably about 3 minutes after the initial blast) one of the flight crew appearing (I later learned he was the engineer) and in looking at the damage turning quite ashen and mouthing to himself "f**k!". For some bizarre reason that scared me more than the hole in the aircraft!. He soon disappeared back to the cockpit.

Source #1 (further on)

1753 -E- THE WHOLE RIGHT SIDE...
1759 -E- THE RIGHT SIDE IS GONE FROM ABOUT THE AH ONE RIGHT BACK IT'S JUST OPEN YOU'RE JUST LOOKIN' OUTSIDE

1759 -R- UNITED EIGHT ELEVEN HEAVY ROGER
1807 -C- WADDAYA MEAN PIECES-
1808 -E- LOOKS LIKE A BOMB
1809 -F- FUSELAGE-
1810 -E- YES FUSELAGE IT'S JUST OPEN
1812 -C- OKAY IT LOOKS LIKE WE GOT A BOMB AH THAT WENT OFF ON THE RIGHT SIDE
1815 -C- AH THE WHOLE RIGHT SIDE IS GONE
1817 -E- FROM ABOUT ONE RIGHT BACK TO AH-
1820 -F- ANYBODY-
1822 -E- SOME PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY GONE - I DON'T KNOW
1824 -C- WE GOT A REAL PROBLEM HERE

Source #3: Picture taken by NTSB after the plane landed. The view is through the hole on the r/h side and is taken from inside the aircraft.

United Airlines flight 811.

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