United Airlines Flight 585 was a scheduled domestic passenger airline flight from the now-decommissioned Stapleton International Airport in Denver to Colorado Springs Municipal Airport in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
On 3 March 1991, the Boeing 737-200 carrying 20 passengers plus a flight crew of 5, crashed while on final approach to runway 35 at the Colorado Springs airport. There were no survivors.
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