On May 25, 1979, American Airlines Flight 191 lifted off from Chicago O’Hare bound for Los Angeles — and never made it out of the city. Just seconds after takeoff, the aircraft, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10, suffered a catastrophic failure when its left engine tore away from the wing, ripping through critical hydraulic systems. With key instruments disabled and the slats on one wing retracted while the other remained extended, the plane became impossible to control. At only about 325 feet in the ai

S11E13 | Impossible Landing | United Airlines Flight 232 | air crash Aircrash Investigation - Mayday United Airlines Flight 232 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Denver to Chicago on July 19, 1989. The aircraft was a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 with 296 people on board, including crew and passengers. About an hour into the flight, the rear engine of the DC-10 failed catastrophically, causing shrapnel to puncture all three hydraulic systems and rendering the aircraft almost completely