Alfred C. “Al” Haynes, the crippled aircraft’s pilot, and his crew eventually found a crude steering mechanism to keep the plane aloft by alternating thrust to both engines, keeping it in a slow, circling descent for more than 40 minutes.Haynes worked with air traffic controllers to find a place to put the plane down, eventually deciding on Sioux City’s Gateway Airport. Al Haynes, a pilot credited for saving the lives of nearly 200 people by guiding a damaged passenger jet into a crash landing at an Iowa airport in 1989, has died. Former CSU coach speaks out against Rams AD Joe Parker, football coach Steve Addazio: “I’m not lying” ... Capt. Bodies thrown about the plane. "Haynes was born in Paris, Texas, and raised in Dallas. Haynes died Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019, at age 87 in a Seattle-area hospital, said Gary Brown, an emergency services director for Woodbury County, Iowa. Ten to 15 people were gathered at a house party in the 5400 block of 6th Avenue Frontage Road when a dark colored SUV drove by and fired several shots into the group of people. He spent the past three decades remembering those who died in the crash. "Al was a very humble captain," Brown said, according to KTIV. His oldest son, Tony, died in a motorcycle crash in 1997. Alfred C. Haynes, who became a hero to pilots everywhere for saving more than 100 lives during a crash landing, died Sunday at St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma. Dozens of wounded passengers could be seen walking out of the nearby cornfields.Haynes spoke about the crash across the country and worked on aviation safety for the remainder of his career. 2 engine above the tail of United Airlines Flight 232 exploded on July 19, 1989. The Summer of No Music: Loss of concerts makes Denver question its cultural identity Somewhere over western Iowa, the No. More than halfway through Denver's bizarre, unprecedented Summer of No Music, an increasing amount of people -- artists and fans alike -- are wondering: Without live music, who are we? He lived in Seattle where he was a longtime volunteer Little League Baseball umpire and high school football stadium announcer, the Smithsonian said.Brown, who met Haynes in the days after the crash, said he would like his friend to be remembered for his humility. Haynes told the Rocky Mountain News for a 2005 profile. There was smoke and fire and debris,” Schemmel told The Associated Press in 2014.The crash also led to changes in plane design to add backup systems that could prevent such catastrophic failures, which made Haynes’ flight nearly impossible to control.Jan Brown, who was the lead flight attendant, recalled the crash in 2014, telling The Associated Press the crew quickly realized the danger.“The potential was that we could all go straight down,” Brown said.When the engine exploded, chunks of metal ripped apart all three of the jet’s hydraulic systems, causing the loss of hydraulic fluid and shutting down the system that control the plane’s altitude and direction.Over 40 minutes, Haynes managed to navigate the plane to Sioux City and bring it to the ground, where a wing plowed into the ground and sent the plane into a cartwheel.Flight attendant Susan Callander told The AP in 2012, “To be one of those pilots, they are all heroes, and he played an instrumental role in saving all those lives.” Dozens of wounded passengers could be seen walking out of the nearby cornfields.Haynes spoke about the crash across the country and worked on aviation safety for the remainder of his career. DENVER — Al Haynes, the captain of United Flight 232, died Sunday at a Seattle hospital, KTIV reports.