Seconds from Disaster
Crash Landing at Sioux City
Season 2 Episode 7 of 13
An investigation into the crash-landing of United Flight 232 at Iowa's Sioux City airport in July 1989. A failed engine sent the plane hurtling towards the ground - but the pilot's quick thinking saved many of the 296 passengers. The programme looks at events inside the cockpit and the cause of the incident
Seconds from Disaster airs on National Geographic Channel HD at 6:00 PM, Friday 19 December.
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