On July 19, 1989, the DC-10 (registered as N1819U) serving the flight crash-landed at Sioux City, Iowa, after suffering a catastrophic failure of its tail-mounted engine, which led to the loss of many flight controls.
O 19 de xullo de 1989 o DC-10 que operaba a ruta, con rexistro N1819U, esnafrouse en Sioux City, Iowa, despois de sufrir un fallo catastrófico no motor de cola, que levou á perda de moitos controis de voo.