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On a cold January evening in 1989, Flight 92 took off with Captain Kevin Hunt and First Officer David McLand at the helm. Hunt was a seasoned pilot with over 13,000 hours of flight experience, but McLand had only recently transitioned to flying the Boeing 737-400 variant, having logged just 200 hours on this specific aircraft. The cockpit was manned by pilots who lacked sufficient training for critical in-flight emergencies on the new Boeing model, which was designed with advanced instrumentation but basic training protocols that had not kept pace with the technological advancements.