It's a testimony to the great DC-10 and how tough it was that this plane was able to land and have survivors. There were a lot of kids on this flight as it was "A child flies free with a paying adult" day. I know I am biased as the DC-10 and Boeing 707 are my favorite jets with the L-1011 running a close second. Of course, without the exemplary piloting skills of Capt. Al Haynes and Training Capt. Denny Fitch, along with the 2 F/Os, this could have very well been a fall from the air.

We have some fine pilots from the past and present who have saved many lives with their calm, professional manner and excellent piloting skills. When something goes wrong, it is your pilots who are in control of the thin line between life and death. Thank you gentlemen, for the lives you saved this summer day in 1989. RIP to those who didn't make it. You were brave souls. X PIlot, thank you for another amazing video. My criteria for grading these recreation videos is if the families of those lost would find these respectful. In yours, I very much think they would.