![]() ![]() But everything seemed normal until he approached" the flat ground at the beginning of the runway, Sorenson said. He appeared to be shooting a somewhat fast approach. "He was handling the situation in a magnificent manner. Richard Sorenson of the Iowa Air National Guard, who watched the DC-10 from the ground, praised the pilot in an interview with a Chicago television station. United confirmed this morning that all had survived. Romaine Bendixen, medical officer for the Iowa Air National Guard, told Associated Press that rescuers pulled three flight crew members from the craft alive. ![]() Some survivors were scarcely scratched others were seriously injured. The plane tumbled onto its back and split into three pieces, providing rapid exits for many on board, witnesses said. Emergency personnel and vehicles, who had gathered at Sioux Gateway Airport after the pilot of Flight 232 radioed that the plane was in difficulty, watched helplessly as the plane's right wing - which also serves as a fuel tank - struck the ground first and burst into flames. Flight 232 was en route from Denver to Chicago and was scheduled to continue to Philadelphia. United said there were 293 people on the plane, which would leave 107 people dead or unaccounted for. Luke's Hospital, one of the two Sioux City hospitals treating crash victims, said there were 186 survivors. ![]() The estimates of fatalities and survivors fluctuated throughout the evening. A United Air Lines DC-10 jumbo jet crashed in a shower of flames while attempting an emergency landing in Sioux City, Iowa, yesterday afternoon, killing about 100 people after an engine blew apart and the plane's flight control systems failed. ![]()
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