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United Airlines Flight 232
The airplane moments before the crash
Accident summary
Date July 19, 1989 (1989-07-19)
Summary Uncontained engine failure due to faulty titanium alloy, leading to loss of hydraulics and flight controls
Place Sioux Gateway Airport
Sioux City, Iowa, United States
42°24′29″N 96°23′02″W / 42.40806°N 96.38389°W / 42.40806; -96.38389
Passengers 285
Crew 11
Injuries (non-fatal) 172
Fatalities 111
Survivors 184
Aircraft type McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10
Airline/user United Airlines
Registration N1819U
Flew from Stapleton International Airport, Denver, Colorado
Stopover O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois
Flying to Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

United Airlines Flight 232 was a scheduled flight from Stapleton International Airport in Denver, Colorado, to O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. On July 19, 1989, the DC-10 (registered N1819U) operating the route crash-landed in Sioux City, Iowa, after suffering a big failure of its tail-mounted engine, leading to the loss of all flight controls. Of the 296 people on board, 111 died in the accident while 185 survived.

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