Originally Posted by
TWA Fan 1
Yes, but in all fairness to United, the root cause was a manufacturing defect in the fan blade.
And, yes, the fissure (while only 13 mm during its final overhaul) should have been noticed by maintenance personnel.
Like most aircraft accidents of today, there were many cascade factors, not a single point of blame. The fan blade started the cascade.
The odds of triple redundant hydraulic failure were calculated at 1E-9:1
Fitch (who actually landed the plane) Haynes, and Records cheated the devil of 185 souls that day, with skill, training, cockpit resource management "far exceeding reasonable expectations of flight crew"