On July 19th 1989 United Airlines Flight 232, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10, loses hydraulic pressure after the tail-mounted no.2 engine's fan rotor splits and disintegrates.
The only working controls are the throttles, which can only allow right-hand turns. The pilots try to land at Sioux City, Iowa.
As the DC-10 descends towards the runway at six times the normal descent rate, it rolls right just above the ground.
The DC-10 crashes and explodes into a fireball, killing 111 of the 285 people on board.
