Why This Plane Had A Dangerous Reputation: The DC-10
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The DC-10’s story begins in the early 1970’s, at a pivotal time when air travel was undergoing a revolution. A new generation of wide-body airliners like the Boeing 747 introduced for 1970’s increased passenger capacity at a time when air travel was becoming more affordable.
In 1971, McDonnell Douglas introduced their first airliner wide-body airliner, the DC-10. But few months later, rival aircraft builder Lockheed introduced their new wide body airliner, the L-1011. The DC-10 and L-1011 were similar aircraft aimed at similar segments of the market. The DC-10 incorporated many existing narrow body technologies from earlier DC-8 and DC-9’s. Focusing on simplicity and reliability, McDonnell Douglas took a technologically cautious approach in an era of rapid technological change, and this helped accelerate the DC-10’s development. This design approach, in part, helped McDonnell Douglas beat rival Lockheed to the market and the DC-10 was soon outselling the L1011.
But after just a few years in service, the DC-10 would go from being pride of airlines, to a plane some people thought twice about flying. A series of accidents during the 1970’s, some of which were attributed to the plane’s design, shrouded the DC-10 in controversy. McDonnell Douglas found itself facing extraordinary accusations that it had rushed the plane’s development, leading to inadequate, even negligent design decisions. Damage to the DC-10’s reputation would peak in 1975, after the Federal Aviation Administration temporarily suspended the DC-10’s Type certificate.
It would take years for the DC-10’s reputation to recover, and by the 1980s, McDonnell Douglas was facing even bigger challenges. The market had really only been big enough for one tri-jet and that ensured that neither would become a true commercial success. Despite its troubled start, the DC-10 would fly for over 40 years serving with some of the world’s largest airlines. In spite of tragic early accidents statically the DC-10’s safety record would go on to be comparable to other wide bodies of the era. #DC10 #McdonnellDouglas #Trijet #Airplane
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Last year we covered the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar (
Fun fact: Avoiding boarding the DC-10 won't make you avoid any crashes, the aircraft literally destroyed a Concorde with its metal piece lying on the runway.
“The company that built it never fully recovered from its misstep”
The DC-10: a plane so bad that it wasn't satisfied with destroying itself. It had to take down Concorde with it.
I only traveled once on a DC-10 VARIG flight on my honeymoon. Couple seats were reserved for us and a wedding cake with congratulations from the cockpit made the trip a real party. I enjoyed the plane and trip, until it landed. From there, the rest of my life was the real disaster. I did not know that the dangerous reputation was that of my wife.
the aesthetic of that 70's/80's clip of the DC-10 going over the highway at the beginning is so top notch.
Boeing 737 Max: *Grounded
My dad was a captain with Delta. He made the inaugural passenger flight of the L-1011 for Delta in November 1972. I remember flying that plane a lot. My dad loved that airplane. He also made the first Cat-3 landing (zero visibility) with that plane in Atlanta. The airport was closed, but he was given permission to land.
DC10: See that guy Concorde over there? Thinks he so great. I'm gonna show him....
I’ve flown on the DC-10 several times and I didn’t even die once...
You never see commercials for aircraft anymore
A classmate of mine lost their father on a DC10 over Paris. The Turkish Airlines THY981 Paris to London on 3/3/74 went down after an explosive decompression caused the floor to collapse, disrupting controls, and causing the total loss of control after the cargo door fell off. This classmate never was the same again. My father knew the father who died. They both worked for British Airways. I always wanted to be a pilot, and although only aged 10 at the time of the crash, it was easy to understand what happened. I never ever flew on one of those things. I always avoided booking a flight that used one. The classmate appeared depressed for the rest of their school years. I can only imagine the terror of being aboard that thing. Given a cargo door had already fallen off, I hated McDonnell Douglas forever, and I still do. That accident should never have happened. What an evil thing to allow such a pitiful design fault to go un-checked for commercial gain when it had already happened before! Disgraceful.
Hilariously enough the DC-10 for all its Daily Crash memes is also one hell of a tough machine, one survived the extreme maneuvers it was never ever meant to be capable of by the Fedex 705 crew and is still in service till this day totalling for about 30 something years
Boeing 737 MAX 8 Entered the Chat
The ad at the end in the guise of a airline cabin announcement, complete w/ "safety instruction" booklet is ***brilliant***!
The DC-10 still flies as the USAF KC-10 Extender. It was a bit of a shock to see the old trijet when I was on deployment recently.
I have flown on the DC10 countless times. The last time was on a Northwest Airlines flight from Minneapolis in 1994. It was truly like a flying living room. The first time I flew on a DC10, it had a breakfast buffet. Those kind of aircraft comforts are long gone.
"...it went from being the pride of airlines, one that people would think twice about flying"
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That Delta L-1011 at