Surviving Anomalies at Liftoff
On a bright, clear afternoon, a DC-10 flightcrew operating as AAL Flight 191 out of Chicago O'Hare had a perfectly functioning left engine fall from the wing just after liftoff. The flightcrew assumed that the mandated V2 climb speed to obstacle-clearance altitude would protect the passengers, the...
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