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On 19 July 1989, United Airlines Flight 232's DC-10 was crippled when an engine exploded causing serious damage to the vital hydraulics system causing the plane to go out of control. By varying engine power, the pilots managed to land at Sioux City but the plane erupted into a fireball shortly after. Of the 296 people aboard, 111 were killed in the crash, while 185 survived.
 
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Type of aircraft: McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10.

 Cause of disaster: Number 2. Engine failure, hydraulic system destruction, loss of flight controls.