Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City, Iowa. ![]() Which he did by manipulating the two throttle levers.Ī United dispatcher suggested that flight 232 divert toīut after making multiple 360º right turns the flight attemptedĪn emergency landing on closed runway 22 at Fitch,Ī DC-10 check captain who had been a passenger and who volunteered to help, Haynes, First Officer William Records, andįlight Engineer Dudley Dvorak were joined by Dennis E. Was through differential thrust of the remaining two, wing-mounted engines.Ĭaptain Alfred C. An emergency was declared and theĬrew quickly determined that their only means of controlling the aircraft With no hydraulic systems the aircraft's control surfaces remained in theĬonfiguration for a slight right turn. Had dropped to zero for all three of the DC-10's hydraulic systems. The flight engineer soon noticed that hydraulic pressure and quantity gauges Number 2 engine, a GE CF6-6D mounted in the tail of the aircraft, had failed. When they "heard a loud bang or an explosion, followed by vibration andĪ shuddering of the airframe." Engine instrumentation indicated that the The flight crew was executing a right turn near Alta, Iowa, It was a warm afternoon with scattered thunderstorms over the Midwestern United States.Īt 3:16 pm CDT, 67 minutes into the flight, United Airlines flight 232 departed Denver Stapleton International Airport ![]() 30 years ago, on the afternoon of 19 July 1989,
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