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An Airliner Was Falling Out of the Sky With No Way to Steer. Then the Pilots Tried Something Unthinkable.
On July 19, 1989, United Flight 232, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 carrying 296 people, was cruising from Denver to Chicago when the engine in its tail suddenly exploded over Iowa. Capt. Al Haynes heard the bang and thought it might have been a bomb. The DC-10 shuddered, jolted, and snapped hard to the right. First…
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