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The McDonnell Douglas DC-9 is an American five-abreast, single-aisle aircraft designed by the Douglas Aircraft Company.It was initially produced as the Douglas DC-9 prior to August 1967, after which point the company had merged with McDonnell Aircraft to become McDonnell Douglas.
The McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 aircraft had accumulated more than 5,500 airframe hours since entering service in 1969. [2] It was operating under the livery and name of Air West; the airline had been recently purchased by Howard Hughes and rebranded Hughes Airwest. [1]
McDonnell Douglas DC-9 Built from 1988 to 2000, the MD-11 was the last McDonnell Douglas widebody aircraft. F/A-18E Super Hornet MD 500 Helicopter. McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawk (started under Douglas Aircraft, used by the Blue Angels) McDonnell Douglas A-4G Skyhawk; Project Kahu
Pages in category "Accidents and incidents involving the McDonnell Douglas DC-9" The following 57 pages are in this category, out of 57 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In the 1970s, McDonnell Douglas began development of the first derivative or second generation of the DC-9 family, a lengthened version of the Series 50, with a higher maximum take-off weight (MTOW), larger wing, new main landing gear, and higher fuel capacity.
The aircraft was a five-year-old McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 registered as N8984E, which was delivered to Eastern Airlines on January 30, 1969. [5]: 25 The captain was 49-year-old James E. Reeves, who had been with the airline since 1956. He had 8,876 flight hours, including 3,856 hours on the DC-9.
The aircraft involved was a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32, MSN 47196, originally registered as CF-TLU, that was manufactured in 1968 and was delivered to Air Canada on April 7. . It had logged 36,825 airframe hours and 34,987 takeoff and landing cycles and was powered by two Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7B engin
Southern Airways Flight 242 was a flight from Muscle Shoals, Alabama, to Atlanta, Georgia, with a stop in Huntsville, Alabama.On April 4, 1977, it executed a forced landing on Georgia State Route 381 in New Hope, Paulding County, Georgia, United States, after suffering hail damage and losing thrust on both engines in a severe thunderstorm.