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officer made this mistake occasionally.) Taking off at night, with no visual references, the inexperienced flight engineer did not manage to correct the attitude in time, leading to engine surges, aircraft banking and eventually an upset and an unrecoverable stall. It is not known why the captain did not manage to correct the situation. The captain's decision to allow the flight engineer to perform the takeoff was considered a contributing factor in the accident.
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1109:United Airlines Flight 2885
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2062:Flight 3407
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2025:Flight 1883
2013:Flight 1713
1976:Flight 4933
1970:Flight 3411
1964:Flight 5925
1958:Flight 6291
1952:Flight 2415
1927:Flight 1175
1885:Flight 2885
1873:Flight 2860
1681:Oscar Munoz
1676:Jeff Smisek
1645:MileagePlus
1640:United Club
1399:(July 1989)
1299:(May 1987)*
1258:(June 1986)
1021:(June 1980)
532:February 6,
477:February 8,
427:February 6,
273:pilot error
261:Los Angeles
209:Destination
174:UNITED 2885
117: /
75:pilot error
2148:Categories
2072:Facilities
2007:Flight 603
1933:Flight 328
1915:Flight 175
1909:Flight 826
1903:Flight 585
1897:Flight 232
1891:Flight 811
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1831:Flight 859
1820:Flight 736
1809:Flight 629
1803:Flight 409
1792:Flight 615
1786:Flight 610
1780:Flight 624
1774:Flight 608
1768:Flight 521
1714:Untied.com
1691:Robert Six
1364:(May 1988)
1117:(May 1983)
405:References
354:Boeing 737
279:Chronology
235:Fatalities
62:1983-01-11
2099:(Houston)
2093:(Houston)
2087:(Chicago)
2081:(Chicago)
2019:Flight 55
2001:Flight 12
1995:Flight 11
1921:Flight 93
1756:Flight 34
1739:Flight 23
295:at 22:15
257:Cleveland
243:Survivors
219:Occupants
171:Call sign
2125:Category
2106:(former)
1750:Flight 4
1086:accident
749:incident
566:Clipping
558:March 5,
368:See also
199:Stopover
145:Operator
130:Aircraft
50:Accident
747:Alraigo
626: (
624:in 1983
485:Copy at
348:rules.
322:stalled
309:Captain
265:Detroit
166:UAL2885
70:Summary
60: (
2064:(2009)
2058:(1991)
2052:(1988)
2033:(2008)
2027:(2006)
2021:(2000)
2015:(1987)
2009:(1978)
2003:(1965)
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1654:People
1547:Pan Am
945:Dec 24
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925:Dec 20
915:Dec 18
905:Dec 14
885:Nov 28
875:Nov 27
865:Nov 18
845:Oct 11
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825:Sep 14
805:Aug 30
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785:Jul 16
775:Jul 11
722:May 22
682:Apr 19
672:Mar 11
652:Jan 16
642:Jan 11
328:Causes
184:N8053U
158:UA2885
1488:fleet
895:Dec 7
855:Nov 8
815:Sep 1
765:Jul 1
755:Jun 8
742:Jun 6
732:Jun 2
712:May 5
702:May 5
692:May 1
662:Mar 7
471:(PDF)
318:upset
1378:1989
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1046:1982
1029:1981
1012:1980
628:1983
560:2023
534:2014
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429:2014
332:The
227:Crew
81:Site
55:Date
1598:Ted
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