On 19 July 1989, United Airlines Flight 232 was a flight between Denver and Philadelphia, with a stopover in Chicago, carrying 296 people on board. The flight was operated by a DC-10 aircraft.

Over an hour after takeoff from Denver, the tail-mounted engine of the DC-10 exploded. Debris struck the tail, causing a loss of hydraulics to various flight control systems. The crew had extreme difficulty controlling the aircraft following these events, however were able to gain some control back by manipulating the remaining two engines in place of the damaged flight controls.

The crew of Flight 232 decided to make an emergency landing at Sioux Gateway Airport in Iowa. Flaps could not be used to slow the plane down due to loss of hydraulics, therefore the crew had no control over airspeed. At final approach, the plane was 80 knots over what would be considered a safe landing speed. Because of this, the DC-10 crashed upon landing, rolling over and exploding. 112 people were killed, however 184 people survived.

Investigators found that the disintegration of the engine was due to the failure by United Airlines maintenance to detect a fatigue crack stemming from a defect in the fan disk.

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