DC-10 and MD-11 are getting old. I wonder if this is going to do them in.
DC-10 and MD-11 are getting old. I wonder if this is going to do them in.
Still images from airport surveillance video show the left engine of UPS flight 2976 separating from the wing during takeoff, preventing the jet from climbing higher than 30 feet and dooming it to a fiery crash which killed the three crewmembers and 11 people on the ground in Louisville, Kentucky earlier this month. ... In a rare move, the NTSB drew a parallel to a previous disaster—the 1979 crash of American Airlines Flight 191, in Chicago which killed 271 on board and two on the ground. The plane involved was a McDonnell Douglas DC-10, the forerunner to the MD-11. ...
[NTSB images](https://poal.co/static/images/9c3333cc7439c6c6.png)
>Still images from airport surveillance video show the left engine of UPS flight 2976 separating from the wing during takeoff, preventing the jet from climbing higher than 30 feet and dooming it to a fiery crash which killed the three crewmembers and 11 people on the ground in Louisville, Kentucky earlier this month.
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In a rare move, the NTSB drew a parallel to a previous disaster—the 1979 crash of American Airlines Flight 191, in Chicago which killed 271 on board and two on the ground. The plane involved was a McDonnell Douglas DC-10, the forerunner to the MD-11.
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