Saturday marks the 25th anniversary of the crash of United Airlines Flight 232 in Sioux City, Iowa. No one who witnessed the plane go down would have believed that passengers would live, but many did.

United Airlines Flight 232, the deadliest plane crash in the airline’s history, took off from Denver on July 19, 1989, heading for Chicago. The plane suffered catastrophic engine failure on the way.

United Airlines Flight 232, the deadliest plane crash in the airline’s history, took off from Denver on July 19, 1989, heading for Chicago. The plane suffered catastrophic engine failure on the way.

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United Airlines Flight 232, the deadliest plane crash in the airline’s history, took off from Denver on July 19, 1989, heading for Chicago. The plane suffered catastrophic engine failure on the way.

United Airlines Flight 232, the deadliest plane crash in the airline’s history, took off from Denver on July 19, 1989, heading for Chicago. The plane suffered catastrophic engine failure on the way.

United Airlines Flight 232, the deadliest plane crash in the airline’s history, took off from Denver on July 19, 1989, heading for Chicago. The plane suffered catastrophic engine failure on the way.

United Airlines Flight 232, the deadliest plane crash in the airline’s history, took off from Denver on July 19, 1989, heading for Chicago. The plane suffered catastrophic engine failure on the way.

United Airlines Flight 232, the deadliest plane crash in the airline’s history, took off from Denver on July 19, 1989, heading for Chicago. The plane suffered catastrophic engine failure on the way.

United Airlines Flight 232 crashed in Sioux City in 1989. It killed 112 people, but 184 survived, thanks in no small part to the efforts of the flight crew.

United Airlines Flight 232, the deadliest plane crash in the airline’s history, took off from Denver on July 19, 1989, heading for Chicago. The plane suffered catastrophic engine failure on the way.