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UA553

April 7, 2020

As this flight crew is on their approach they crash just miles from the threshold of the runway at Chicago Midway Airport. Find out how this crash embodies many issues in crew resource management and caused the first fatal crash of a Boeing 737.

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In Pilot Failures Tags Crew Resource Management, 737-200, Chicago, Midway Airport, MDA, United Airlines, UA553
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