Flight
United Airlines Flight 553 was a scheduled service from Washington National Airport to Omaha, Nebraska, via Chicago Midway International Airport. On December 8, 1972, the aircraft used for the flight was Boeing 737-222 City of Lincoln, registration N9031U.
The flight-deck crew consisted of captain Wendell Lewis Whitehouse, first officer Walter Coble and second officer Barry Elder. The pilots' union contract at the time compelled United Airlines to have three licensed pilots on board, even though Boeing had designed the 737 to be flown by a crew of two, instead of three.
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