Crash Landing in Sioux City Seconds from Disaster : Season 2 Episode 7
TV-PG National Geographic 1h 00m int(0)
Aired: September 13th, 2005 @ 8:30 PM EST on National Geographic
On 19 July 1989, the pilots of United Airlines Flight 232 are shocked to learn they have lost all control of the DC-10 after an engine failure and make an emergency landing at Sioux City, Iowa, but in a dramatic crash, the aircraft breaks apart and catches fire with 111 lives lost out of the 285 on board. Why did the engine fail?