Now, 25 years following the crash that transformed airline industry protocols to improve safety, Gonzales offers an astonishingly in-depth reconstruction of the events surrounding the nightmare in Sioux City - a story that begins not on UA Flight 232, but years before in a titanium manufacturing facility in Henderson, Nev. "The first thing that strikes your mind is, Dear God, I'm going to die this afternoon," one pilot later said, according to Laurence Gonzales' assiduous account, "Flight 232: A Story of Disaster and Survival."
They could make only right turns, and were now steering with the throttles, fighting to stop the DC-10 from spiraling into the earth. The attendants picked themselves up and continued serving drinks, unaware that a far more grave situation had developed: The explosion had somehow severed the hydraulic lines, and the pilots had lost virtually all control of the plane.
Despite the scare, the captain assured all 296 passengers on board that the flight could proceed safely to Chicago, cruising at a lower altitude with the two remaining engines. Passengers prayed and tightened their seatbelts. The plane shook and careened starboard as a loud bang shot through the cabin. On July 19, 1989, United Airlines Flight 232 lost power to its No.
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