United Airlines Flight 232, flight scheduled to fly from Stapleton International Airport in Denver to O’Hare International Airport in Chicago on July 19, 1989, that crash-landed at Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City, Iowa, after the failure of its tail engine caused the loss of all hydraulic control of the plane; more than half of those aboard survived.
The United Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-10, carrying 285 passengers and 11 crew members, took off from Denver at 2:09 pm. For the first…
