Center: Sioux City, got an emergency for you. Got a United aircraft,
coming in, lost #2 engine, having a hard time controlling the
aircraft
right now, he's out of 29,000 right now, descending to Sioux City
right
now. He's ?? VOR but he wants
the equipment standing by right now.
[15:25]
Sioux City: Radar contact.
UAL 232: So you know we have almost no controllability. Very little
elevator, and almost no ailerons, we're controlling the turns by
power. I don't think we can
turn right, I think we can only make left
turns. ?? We can only turn
right, we can't turn left.
[15:26]
Sioux City: United 232 heavy, understand, sir,you can only make
right
turns?
UAL 232: that's affirmative.
[15:29]
Sioux City: 32 heavy, say souls on board, and fuel remaining.
UAL 232: We have 376, fuel ??
[15:32]
Sioux City: United 232 heavy, Sioux City.
UAL 232: Confirm we have no hydraulic fluid, which means we have no
elevator control, almost none, and very little aileron control. I have
serious doubts about making the airport. Have you got someplace near
there, that we might be able to ditch? Unless we get control of this
airplane, we're going to put it down wherever it happens to be.
Sioux City: United 232 heavy, roger, standby ??
[15:40]
Sioux City: United 232 heavy, say again. 232 heavy, think you'll be
able to hold about a 240 heading?
UAL 232: We're going to turn into it about right now.
Sioux City: When you turn to that 240 heading, sir, the airport will
be
about oh, 12 o'clock and 38 miles.
UAL 232: Okay, we're trying to control it just by power alone, we
have
no hydraulics at all, sir, we're doing our best, here.
Sioux City: Roger, and we've notified the equipment out in that area
too, sir. The equipment's
here on the airport, standing by, and
they're sending some out to that area.
[15:46]
232. 232, we're going to have
to continue in a right turn. We've got
the elevators pretty much under control, but that's 3 or 4 hundred
feet, but still can't get much ?? steering.
Sioux City: United 232 heavy, roger, understand you do have the
elevators possibly under control, will you be able to hold altitude?
UAL 232: Negative, we don't have it.
We're better, that's all.
Sioux City: Roger.
Sioux City: United 232 heavy, there's a small airport 12 o'clock and
seven miles. The runway's
4000' long, there.
UAL 232: Control, ?? myself right now, soon as the captain gets back
on, he'll give me a hand here.
He's talking on the PA.
