United flight 232 out of Denver was on its way to Chicago this afternoon. *** direct flight with no stops in Iowa. My first impression was that we were hit by another plane. The plane was jolted ...

With two catastrophic crashes of Boeing 737 Max 8 planes less than six months apart, that leap of faith we make every time we board an airplane has again come into sharp relief. We depend on a ...

Twenty-five years ago this week — July 19, 1989 — United Airlines Flight 232 from Denver to Chicago experienced extreme mechanical malfunction while at a cruising height of 37,000 feet. Its cockpit ...

On July 19, 1989, United Airlines Flight 232 lost power to its No. 2 two engine. The plane shook and careened starboard as a loud bang shot through the cabin. Knees buckled. Flight attendants hit the ...

The plane crashed in Sioux City, erupting into a fireball and killing 112 people. The efforts of the pilot and crew saved 184. Experts said it could’ve been much worse. The plane crashed in Sioux City ...

Business traveler Sumit Roy felt lucky to snag an early United Airlines flight back to Chicago from Denver. He settled into Seat 23J and joked with a Citibank colleague. “I was happy to be going home ...

On July 19, 1989, United Airlines Flight 232, a DC-10 service, left Stapleton Airport in Denver bound for O’Hare International Airport with 296 souls on board. After a catastrophic hydraulic failure, ...

Twenty-five years ago, United Airlines Flight 232 crash-landed in Sioux City, Iowa. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Laurence Gonzales, author of the book Flight 232: A Story of Disaster and Survival.

SIOUX CITY | Jerry Schemmel considers himself one of the lucky ones. This story is part of a series profiling people who were involved in the crash of United Airlines Flight 232 on July 19, 1989.

United flight 232 out of Denver was on its way to Chicago this afternoon. *** direct flight with no stops in Iowa. My first impression was that we were hit by another plane. The plane was jolted ...