Flight 232: A Story of Disaster and Survival (60 page)

Bailey, Brandon, 119, 144, 201, 211

Bailey, Frances, 119, 144, 211

Bailey, Spencer, 119, 144–45, 211–12

ballistics, 233–34, 278, 292–94, 297

barometric pressure, 18

Bat (call sign), 24
n
, 66, 89

Bates, John, 16–17, 21–24, 69, 70, 71, 88, 95–96, 98–99, 114, 223–24

Bauerly, Brian, 152

Bayless, Sharon, 175, 273

Bell UH-1 Iroquois (Huey) helicopters, 280, 281, 293

Bendixen, Romaine “Ben,” 24, 25, 71, 127–29, 130, 131, 132, 151, 152, 153, 154, 204

Benham, Bruce, 118, 156, 167, 283–84, 285, 288, 349, 353, 354, 356

Bennett, Thomas, 120, 235, 236, 255, 267

Bennington
, USS, 323

Benzon, Robert, 33, 73, 127, 171, 172, 173–74, 215, 217, 238, 256, 257, 259

as investigator in charge, 362

Berger, Kenneth, 268, 351

Berkemier, J. Kenneth, 270

beta defects, 286

Bible, 14, 36, 77, 351, 357

billets, 160–61, 184–87, 338

Biman Airlines, 366

Blaha, Lena Ann, 43, 97, 240

body bags, 240, 250, 267–70

body tags, 236–37, 240

Boeing 367–80 (Dash 80) prototype, 59–60

Boeing 707, 59–60

Boeing 727, 60, 222, 261, 335

Boeing 747, 12–13, 73, 143, 206–7, 243, 247

Boeing 767, 347

Boese, Robert, 164, 168

Bohn, James Matthew, 43, 97, 240

Bosscher, Charles Kenneth, 41

Boxum, Dave, 25, 141, 149

Brantley, Jeff, 339

Brate, Floyd, 325–26, 327, 329

Briar Cliff College, 168–71, 219–20, 258, 290, 315–16, 338–39, 349, 356, 357

Bridges, Jeff, 189

Brines, Jaime, 252

Brizendine, John C., 199

Brown, Gary, 23–24, 25, 70–71, 88, 114–16, 121–24, 131, 149, 150, 153–54, 172–73, 183, 215, 216, 239, 241, 250, 350, 351–52, 360–64, 380
n

Brown, Jan, 5, 10–16, 27, 28, 31, 40–50, 62, 74, 77, 78, 97, 109–13, 132–36, 162, 177–78, 193, 202–5, 209, 212–14, 240, 258, 260, 285, 301–2, 308–9, 324, 346, 359, 361–62

Brown, Janice Long, 42–43, 77, 212–14, 260, 309

Brown, Kimberly Allison, 42–43, 77, 213–14, 309

Brownstein, Yisroel, 47, 54, 78, 83, 96, 107, 108–9, 198, 233, 240, 246–47, 256, 298, 307

Buena Vista County, Iowa, 187, 279, 292, 311–13, 315

Burgess, Charles, 200

Burnett, Jim, 173–74, 175, 215, 348

Burnham, Paul, 31

burn injuries, 31, 94, 101, 103, 133–34, 181, 189, 192, 201–2, 208, 210, 213, 219–20, 241, 267, 268, 269, 270–71, 290–91, 306, 331–32, 334, 359

bus ties, 29

Buxom, Bob, 384
n

B-Zone (forward coach cabin), 12, 13, 14, 31, 44, 53, 63, 112, 134, 156, 177–78, 272, 330

Callender, Dan, 344

Calvinism, 341–42

carbon monoxide, 268;
see also
smoke inhalation

Caroline, The
, 5

Carpathia
, 390
n

CASA C-212 Aviocar aircraft, 294–95

Case, James L., 210

caskets,
see
coffins

CAT scans, 287

cause of crash,
see
November 1819 Uniform

Cell 9, 395
n

Cell 10, 294, 313, 315

centrifugal force, 56, 319–20, 333

ceramics, 87, 320, 333

Chapman, Dennis, 240

Cherolis, Nicholas Edward, 125–26, 317–22, 326–29, 336–38

Chicago Cubs, 6, 46–47, 69, 78, 105–6, 298, 339, 341

child restraint seats (CRS), lack of, 10–11, 40, 77, 309–10

Chimura, Gene, 97

chlorine, 87, 158

Christianson, Pam, 195

chromium, 305

Churchman, Duane, 289

Cincinnati Lunken Airport, 172

circuit breaker, 62

Clapper, Gregory S., 1–2, 70, 101–3, 116–17, 128, 129, 131–32, 140–41, 151, 156, 204–5, 206, 224–26, 280, 302, 341–45, 350–52, 359

Clapper, Jenna, 1–2, 101, 225

Clapper, Jody, 1–2, 101, 225

Clapper, Laura, 1–2, 101, 225

Clark, Jerome, 312, 313, 315, 395
n

Clark, John C., 232–33, 258, 275–79, 287, 292–96, 313

cockpit (or crew) resource management (CRM), 243, 246

cockpit voice recorder, 15, 37, 132, 173, 216, 377, 378, 380

coffins, 41, 235–36, 265–66, 269, 270–71

Collins, Dick, 269–70

Collins, Patricia, 267–70

combustion chambers, 55,
56
, 57, 85, 125–26

compressors, 55,
56
, 57, 58, 59, 85, 88, 125–27, 257, 313, 347

compressor stall, 59

Conant, Martha, 3–7, 43, 46, 49–50, 78, 79–80, 82–84, 104, 106, 216, 222, 247, 249, 256, 297–301, 306, 335, 341, 364

Conant, Patrick, 6, 300, 301

Conant, Rich, 6, 301

Conant, Rob, 6, 301

Convair, 199

Cook County Circuit Court, 262

Cookson, David, 282, 328, 337

Cooper, Donald, 160

Cooper, Harold, 182

Corboy, Philip H., 262

Couleur, Linda Ellen, 40

crack,
see
fan disk MPO-00385

Crain, Babette, 218–19

Crain, Bryson, 157

Crain, Margo, 14, 118, 121, 155–57, 162, 163, 166, 179–82, 194–95, 217–20, 271, 308, 349–54, 356

Crain, Molly, 157

Cronstedt, Axel Fredrik, 85

“Crowd Killers,” 174, 216, 258

Curtis, Randy, 207, 215

C-Zone (aft coach cabin), 13, 44, 54, 81, 156, 164, 272, 323, 330

Dandurand, Don, 216–17

Dawson, Andre, 339

deadheading crew, 7–8, 27–28, 48, 209

Deck, Cathie, 119

decompression, 243, 256

defect (the pit) in MPO-00385, 318–22

DeJong, Marliss, 121–22, 234–35, 236, 237, 238, 239–40, 250, 266

del Castillo, Georgeann, 195, 196, 203, 315–16, 324

dental records, 237, 238, 242, 254–55, 268

destructive testing, 314

Dieber, Sheryl, 119

diffraction angle, 333

diffractometers, 332–33

Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team (DMORT), 239–40

disaster plans, 115–16, 129–30

Disaster Portable Morgue Units (DPMUs), 239

ditching maneuver, 22, 31, 33, 43, 362

Dobson, Arret, 208

Dobson, Emory, 208

Dobson, Gerald Harlon “Gerry,” 26–27, 31, 100, 208, 281, 324, 392
n

Dobson, Joann, 26–27, 31, 100, 208, 324, 392
n

Dobson, Terry, 17, 88

Donovan, Gerald, 143

Doughty, Rob, 173, 244–46

Douglas Aircraft Co., 186, 199–201;
see also
McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Co.

dovetail slots,
see
fan disks

Downs, Mike, 38

drop test,
see
fan disks

Dvorak, Dudley Joseph, 4–11, 13, 14, 16, 20, 27–39, 45–54, 60–69, 79, 81, 85, 93, 94, 115, 132, 151–53, 157, 162, 187, 199, 204, 206, 233, 361, 380
n

Eastern Airlines Flight 935 (1981), 231

Eddy, Chuck, 95, 234, 292, 311, 312

eddy current inspections, 348

Egypt Air, 347

electron beam hearth melting, 338

electron microscopes, 287–88, 296–97, 317–22, 325–27, 332–33

elevators (on N1819U), 18, 19, 21, 32, 45–46, 54, 62, 68

Eley, Vincenta, 44, 111, 177–78

Eley, Wilbur, 44, 177–78

Ellis, Claudia, 252

embalming, 239, 267–71

emergency exits, 42, 47, 49, 54, 78, 79, 80, 103, 111–12, 163, 248

emergency room, 207–12;
see also
Ayers, Ellen

energy dispersive spectrography (EDS), 287, 332–33

engines, airplane:

centrifugal force in, 56, 319–20, 333

combustion chamber in, 55,
56
, 57, 85, 125–26

compression of air in, 56–58

compressors for, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 85, 88, 125–27, 257, 313, 347

design of, 57–58, 60, 61–62, 125–27

diffuser of, 126

dovetail slots in, 56, 321–22

driveshafts in, 56, 58, 59, 231–33, 296

energy produced by, 55–56, 57, 126–27

exhaust of, 56, 58–59, 126–27

failure of, 61–62, 85–88, 125–27, 264, 314–22

fan blades of, 55–59, 88, 126–27, 159, 161, 229–30, 233, 261, 313–14

fan containment rings for, 229–30, 256–57, 296, 313

fan disks in, 56, 56, 125, 127, 159, 161, 184–87, 229–33, 256, 259, 263–64, 275–86, 292–97, 304–5, 311–29, 336–38, 347–48, 363

fuel burner holes in, 125–27

fuel nozzles of, 125

heat generated by, 58

illustration of, 56

inspections of, 186, 326–29, 337–39, 347, 348, 396
n

maintenance of, 61–62, 262, 348–49;
see also
fluorescent penetrant inspection, ultrasound inspections

manufacture of, 55–60, 158–61, 184–87

metal fatigue in, 230, 313–21, 325–29, 332–33, 336–38, 346–49

pressure in, 56, 58

serial numbers of, 61, 161, 185–86, 232–33

spare parts for, 61–62

stationary fins (stator vanes) of, 57

stresses on, 85–88, 94, 317–22

temperature in, 56

testing of, 57–58, 87–88, 125–27

thrust produced by, 55–56, 57, 126–27

titanium in, 85–88, 125, 157–61, 184–87, 230, 257, 259, 264–65, 275, 278, 282–88, 293, 305, 314–33, 338, 346–49, 363

turbine wheels in, 55, 56, 58–59, 88, 126–27, 347

turbulence in, 59, 186

vortex patterns in, 125–26

Epperson, Joe, 305, 318

Erickson, Mick, 315

FAA Command Center, 72–74

Fageol, Mark, 140, 149, 366

failure analysis, 125–27, 264, 314–22

fan blades, 55–59, 88, 126–27, 159, 161, 229–30, 233, 261, 313–14

fan containment rings, 229–30, 256–57, 296, 313

fan disk MPO-00385, 161, 185–86, 232–33, 256, 263, 275, 281–88, 292–97, 304–5, 311–12, 315–18, 336–38, 348, 396
n

cracking of, 317–22

defective, 263

final testing of, 325–29, 348, 396
n

found, 312, 315;
see also
Clark, John C.; Halverson, Harold; Sorenson, Dale; and Sorenson, Janice

growth of crack in, 336–38

missing from engine number 2, 329–34, 256

“nitrogen stabilized hard alpha inclusion” found, 332–33

progressive fatigue area in, 317–322

search for, 275–82, 292–97, 311–15;
see also
Clark, John C.

search of records for, 282–83, 285–88

sister disks, 187, 285, 287, 329

striations and, 336–38

fan disks, 56,
56
, 125, 159, 161, 259, 275–83, 285–88, 347–48, 363