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  1. United Airlines 811: The Cargo Door Failure and Revised Findings

    Published: 11 Oct 2025

    United Airlines Flight 811 suffered explosive decompression while climbing through 23,000 feet over the Pacific when its cargo door tore away, killing nine passengers.

    Aircraft
    Boeing 747

  2. United Airlines Flight 232: KCCI’s Archive Report From Sioux City

    Event: 1989Published: 19 Jul 2024

    This KCCI Des Moines news report brings together archive footage of the United Airlines Flight 232 crash at Sioux City on 19 July 1989.

    View event: United Airlines Flight 232 (1989)
    Location
    Sioux Gateway Airport, Sioux City, Iowa, United States
    Phase of flight
    Landing

  3. United Airlines Flight 232: The Crash Landing at Sioux City, 1989

    Event: 1989Published: 16 May 2023

    Fascinating Horror's short documentary on United Airlines Flight 232 covers the flight from Denver on 19 July 1989, the tail engine failure that took out all three hydraulic systems, and the crew's…

    View event: United Airlines Flight 232 (1989)
    Location
    Sioux Gateway Airport, Sioux City, Iowa, United States
    Phase of flight
    Landing

  4. United Airlines Flight 232: Steering a DC-10 With the Throttles

    Event: 1989Published: 12 Sep 2020

    Mentour Pilot explains how the crew of United Airlines Flight 232 flew a DC-10 for 44 minutes with no hydraulics after its tail engine failed on 19 July 1989.

    View event: United Airlines Flight 232 (1989)
    Location
    Sioux Gateway Airport, Sioux City, Iowa, United States
    Phase of flight
    Cruise