In the cockpit, the master caution light blazed. Captain Ellis scanned the screens: IRS fault, FLT CONTROL LOW PRESSURE, AUTO THROTTLE DISCONNECT . The first officer, young and sharp but only 300 hours in type, started reading the QRH—the quick reference handbook.
The auto-throttle was dead, both flight control hydraulic systems were bleeding pressure, and the yaw damper had just failed. The 737-800 suddenly felt like a pickup truck on black ice. boeing 737-800 technical manual
From then on, every copy of that manual in the fleet’s flight decks had that page dog-eared. In the cockpit, the master caution light blazed
They landed at 3,100 feet, rolling to a stop just before the overrun lights. No injuries. No fire. Just a 737-800 sitting sideways on the runway, hail-dented but intact. In the cockpit