"Everybody and anybody went."įire burned from where the right wing had been torn off of the aircraft. "I don't know who, but somebody picked me up in a truck and we drove to the crash," said Miller. Christine Coons (RET) who was assigned to the finance office that day. Without hesitation, the nearly 300 Guardsman that were on duty rushed for the disaster including Tech. Pieces of fuselage skidded into the cornfield surrounding the runway. Unable to reduce the speed of the aircraft for landing, the impact caused it to break apart sending a fire ball into the air. The aircraft was able to make it to the airport but according to the National Transportation Safety Board report on the crash, the right wing struck the ground first and then the right landing gear. The pilot and crew had use the engine thrust to turn the plane and head to Sioux City, the nearest airport with runways large enough to land on. Pieces of the blade ruptured the hydraulic systems on the plane causing a complete failure of the flight systems. United Flight 232, a DC-10, was en route to Chicago from Denver with the fan blade in engine number 2 came apart. Unbeknownst to him and nearly 300 other members of the unit, United Flight 232 with 285 souls on board was minutes away from the airport and fighting to stay in the air. "My aircraft had just returned and I was conducting recovery," said Miller. David Miller was working as crew chief for an A7 fighter on the day of the crash. Sioux City, Iowa - On Jthe members of the Iowa National Guard' s 185th Tactical Fighter Squadron, now the 185th Air Refueling Wing, based in Sioux City, Iowa were thrust into one of the most dramatic civilian aircraft crashes in history, he crash of United Airlines Flight 232.ġ85th Air Refueling Wing Command Chief Master Sgt.
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