Iowa museum preserves American transportation history
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — It's been more than 28 years since a United Airlines DC-10, flying from Denver to Chicago, crash-landed at Sioux Gateway Airport.
Out of the 296 passengers and crew members on Flight 232, 112 were killed in the disaster that occurred July 19, 1989.
Located just 15 acres north of the airfield, the Mid America Museum of Aviation & Transportation has a permanent exhibition dedicated to Flight 232, the heroes, the victims and the community's reaction to the tragedy.
The museum features a model of Flight 232, a map showing the path the plane took backtracking across Northwest Iowa after an engine malfunction and, even, the mangled seat used by Capt. Al Haynes, the DC-10's pilot.