A Story of Disaster and Survival. The rescue of flight 232..I love this movie. Directed by Lamont Johnson. United Airlines Flight 232, flight scheduled to fly from Stapleton International Airport in Denver to O’Hare International Airport in Chicago on July 19, 1989, that crash-landed at Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City, Iowa, after the failure of its tail engine caused the loss of all hydraulic control of the plane; more than half of those aboard survived. The movie starts with what seems to be the air disaster already.
With Charlton Heston, James Coburn, Richard Thomas, Leon Russom.
Somewhere over western Iowa, the No. Shrapnel sliced all the DC-10’s hydraulic lines, critical for flight control. With Charlton Heston, James Coburn, Richard Thomas, Leon Russom. First having aired on TV in 1992, CRASH LANDING is a highly well-made dramatization of the saga of United Airlines Flight 232 which, while enroute from Denver to Chicago on July 19, 1989, suffered a catastrophic explosion in its tail engine which severed all the plane's hydraulic lines. I would recommend it to everyone. FLIGHT 232. The incident was the subject of the 1992 TV movie Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 (also known as A Thousand Heroes), starring Charlton Heston and James Coburn, and it was described in the book Flight 232: A Story of Disaster and Survival (2014) by Laurence Gonzales. Gary Brown (Richard Thomas), at the head of a multi-resource rescue comitee, has trouble bringing all the members together, especially a key player, fi… This destroyed all of its hydraulic systems, which should have made the plane impossible to control -- but somehow its pilots kept it airborne for 44 minutes, long enough to crash-land at Sioux City's airport. It was fascinating reading, but it would have been less aggravating if the author had used a more linear outline. Based on a true story, “The Rescue of Flight 232” is based on United Airlines Flight 232 from Denver to Chicago. Rotten Tomatoes, home of the Tomatometer, is the most trusted measurement of quality for Movies & TV. The episode featured interviews with survivors and showed actual footage of the crash. https://www.metacafe.com/.../crash_landing_the_rescue_of_flight_232_part_2 The three leads are very good. The definitive site for Reviews, Trailers, Showtimes, and Tickets 30 Years Later: Remembering United Flight 232. Got plenty of good old stars. Flight 232 took off from Denver bound for Chicago at 2:09 p.m., July 19, 1989. And it's based on a true story. Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2012.

The Rescue of Flight 232 (aka A Thousand Heroes) is an extremely good TV movie that manages to entertain and inspire despite its depiction of a tragic plane crash in Iowa in 1989. The impact of Flight 232 is shown at Sioux Gateway Airport on July 20, 1989.