United Flight 232 page 1

United Flight 232 page 1 by ric gustafson


On July 19 1989, a United Airlines DC-10 was on route from Denver to Chicago and then Philadelphia when a malfunctioning fan in the tail engine destroyed the plane's hydraulic systems. Captain Al Haynes, his two co pilots and a training captain manipulated the engine thrust from the two wing engines from it's cruising altitude of 37,000 feet to skidding right turns.
When the plane crash landed at the Sioux City Gateway Airport, hundreds of fire and rescue personnel were ready. When it hit the runway, the DC-10 was landing at 247 miles per hour and dropping 1,850 feet per minute. As it hit the runway, the plane's right wing broke away and started a fireball. The plane slid on it's left main landing gear and right wing stub. The entire tail section of the plane broke off and then the plane veered off to the right. The plane bounced three times and then flipped. The cockpit broke off and the wreckage ended up in a nearby cornfield.
Of the 296 people aboard, 112 died and 184 survived.


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