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How to crash an airplane – Nickolas Means | The Lead Developer UK 2016

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What it is

Nickolas Means tells the story of United Airlines Flight 232, which lost all flight control yet saved more than half its passengers. He draws lessons on teamwork, crew resource management and leadership for software teams.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Strongly recommended as a gripping case study whose lessons carry over to engineering management and safety.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2019, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “Strongly recommend.”

    Nail-biting in-depth analysis ending with management lessons.

    bertil, 2024-01 · Strong recommendation · in “Why you've never been in a plane crash”

  2. “I watched a talk[1] by Nickolas Means recently that goes deeper into the events of that day and the lessons learned.”

    Deeper look at United 232 and lessons learned.

    nrb, 2019-07 · Recommendation · in “In a Life-or-Death Crisis, Humility Is Everything”

  3. “Nickolas Means - not a channel but two presentations that are good”

    Good conference talk on aviation incidents.

    wp381640, 2020-09 · Recommendation · in “List of YouTube channels for improving web development and programming skills”

  4. “I watched this video yesterday which seems really applicable...”

    Applicable lessons from air crash analysis for safety engineering.

    latchkey, 2022-12 · Recommendation · in “Waymo's collision avoidance testing”

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Topics: united 232, aviation safety, team leadership, incident analysis, engineering management

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