Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 had been involved in 55 accidents and incidents, including 32 hull-loss accidents, with 1,261 occupant fatalities. It was eventually replaced by more advanced and fuel-efficient twin-engine airliners, such as the Boeing 777 and the Airbus A330. [1] The last passenger DC-10 was retired in 2014 by Biman Bangladesh ...
American Airlines Flight 96 (AA96/AAL96) was a regular domestic flight operated by American Airlines from Los Angeles to New York via Detroit and Buffalo. On June 12, 1972, after takeoff from Detroit, Michigan, the left rear cargo door of the McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 operating the flight blew open and broke off above Windsor, Ontario, the accident is thus sometimes referred to as the Windsor ...
Western Airlines Flight 2605, nicknamed the "Night Owl", [2] was an international scheduled passenger flight from Los Angeles, California, to Mexico City, Mexico.On October 31, 1979, at 5:42 a.m. CST (UTC−06:00), the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 used on the flight crashed at Mexico City International Airport in fog after landing on a runway that was closed for maintenance.
The airplane, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 (registration N1819U [6]), was delivered in 1971 and owned by United Airlines since then.Before departure on the flight from Denver on July 19, 1989, the airplane had been operated for a total of 43,401 hours and 16,997 cycles (takeoff-landing pairs).
The aircraft involved was a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10, registered as N68045, which first flew in 1972. [1]: 4, 48 [3] In command was 59-year-old Captain Charles E. Hersche, who was operating his last flight before retirement. [2] He had been with Continental Airlines since 1946 and had logged 29,000 flight hours, including 2,911 hours on the ...
Pages in category "Accidents and incidents involving the McDonnell Douglas DC-10" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Editor's note: This page reflects news from Friday, Jan. 31. For the latest updates on the plane crash, please read USA TODAY's coverage of the investigation on Saturday, Feb. 1. WASHINGTON ...
First Officer Edward H. Saunders, aged 33, had been employed by National Airlines since 1965, with 7,086 flight hours of which 445 hours were on the DC-10. Flight Engineer Golden W. Hanks, aged 55, employed by National Airlines since 1950, with 17,814 flight hours of which 1,252 flight hours were on the DC-10.