United Airlines Flight 232 (July 19, 1989)

Date: July 19, 1989
Passengers: 285
Crew: 11
Fatalities: 111
Cause: "...inadequate consideration given to human factors limitations in the inspection and quality control procedures used by United Airlines' engine overhaul facility which resulted in the failure to detect a fatigue crack originating from a previously undetected metallurgical defect located in a critical area of the stage 1 fan disk that was manufactured by General Electric Aircraft Engines. The subsequent catastrophic disintegration of the disk resulted in the liberation of debris in a pattern of distribution and with energy levels that exceeded the level of protection provided by design features of the hydraulic systems that operate the DC-10's flight controls."


Legend:
CAM     Cockpit area mic voice or sound source
-1      Captain's voice
-2      First officer's voice
-3		Second officer's voice
-4		Training check airman's voice
-?      Voice unidentified
GPWS	Ground proximity warning system
*       Unintelligible word
#       Nonpertinent word
%       Break in continuity
( )     Questionable text
(( ))   Editorial insertion
---     Pause
###     Denotes lengthy break in transcript
All times expressed in local time (24 hour clock) and were based on the timing reported in the NTSB report (the CVR was not transcribed there) and audio of the CVR.


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1559:57		CAM-1	Left turn, left turn, close the throttles

1559:59		CAM-2	Close em off
			CAM-1	Left turn, close the throttles

1600:00		CAM-2	Pull em off

1600:01		CAM-4	Nah I can't pull em off or we'll lose it that's what's turnin ya

1600:04		CAM-?	Okay

1600:05		CAM-?	(back Al/here we go)
			CAM-1	Left throttle, left left left left left left left

1600:07		CAM-1	Left left left

1600:08		GPWS	Whoop whoop pull up

1600:10		GPWS	Whoop whoop pull up

1600:11		GPWS	Whoop whoop pull up
			CAM-1	(I'm trying/Everybody) stay in brace ((possibly announced over PA))

1600:12		GPWS	Whoop whoop pull up

1600:14		CAM-1	God
					((sound of impact))
					((end of recording))


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ycw8AJ6pMa4 --- Audio from the last 18 seconds of the CVR