Overview
On 19 July 1989, the tail-mounted number two engine of United Airlines Flight 232 explodes, causing serious damage to the aircraft's hydraulic systems and leaving the flight controls unusable. By varying engine thrust, the pilots manage to crash-land the aircraft at the Sioux Gateway Airport in Iowa, saving the lives of 185 of the 296 people on board. The investigation traced the engine failure to a fatigue crack in the front fan disk which had developed from a defect introduced before the disk was even made, when the original titanium ingot used to make it was formed.
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11 - 2The Plane That Flew Too High (West Caribbean Airways Flight 708) August 19, 2011 -
11 - 3Split Decision (Arrow Air Flight 1285) August 26, 2011 -
11 - 4Break Up Over Texas (Continental Express Flight 2574) December 29, 2011 -
11 - 5Munich Air Disaster (British European Airways Flight 609) December 29, 2011 -
11 - 6Turning Point (Northwest Airlines Flight 85) December 29, 2011 -
11 - 7Bad Attitude (Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509) January 20, 2012 -
11 - 8Blind Spot (PSA Flight 182) January 27, 2012 -
11 - 9Under Pressure (Nigeria Airways Flight 2120) February 03, 2012 -
11 - 10I'm the Problem (Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771) February 10, 2012 -
11 - 11Nowhere to Land (TACA Flight 110) February 17, 2012 -
11 - 12The Invisible Plane (The Linate Airport Disaster) March 23, 2012 -
11 - 13Impossible Landing (United Airlines Flight 232) April 13, 2012