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The empty flight‑recorder box that erased whether they made it in time
A United flight over Lake Michigan suddenly dives and the flight recorder is missing-did the crew realize what was happening?
The empty flight‑recorder box that erased whether they made it in time
In this episode we lay out the sequence of events on United Airlines Flight 389 from departure to impact and the puzzling gaps that investigators faced. We follow the crew, the aircraft, and the missing pieces that leave one central question: what did they think was happening in those final seconds?
Date: August 16, 1965
Flight: United Airlines Flight 389
Aircraft: Boeing 727, registration N7036U…
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