The DC-10's first accident happened on the 12 June 1972 with American Airlines Flight 96. The aircraft suffered a Cargo door failure due to a design flaw, leading to rapid decompression. Thankfully the crew and the pilot managed to emergency land the aircraft and all 67 occupants escaped safely.
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4 days ago · Early operations of the DC-10 were afflicted by its poor safety record, which was partially attributable to a design flaw in the original cargo doors that ...
May 13, 2024 · Cargo door failure due to design flaw leading to rapid decompression ... The aircraft was a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 ... The DC-10's cargo door design was weird ...
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Posted: May 6, 2024
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May 25, 2024 · ... flaw in the McDonnell Douglas DC-10's cargo door latching mechanism ... The disaster resulted from a design flaw in the McDonnell Douglas DC-10's cargo door ...
May 8, 2024 · Or better yet, had McDonnell Douglas not been so slimy and tried to fix a fundamental design flaw by applying basic bandaid fixes to the cargo door's design.
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May 24, 2024 · OnDisasters This accident probably sealed the DC-10's fate, following as it did the earlier cargo door blow outs which were the result of a design flaw.
May 8, 2024 · The primary problem with Boeing was that they didn't listen to the engineers who said that the design needed more work because it would cost Boeing more money ...
