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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 .
Douglas continued to develop new aircraft, including the successful four-engined Douglas DC-6 (1946) and its last propeller-driven commercial aircraft, the Douglas DC-7 (1953). The company had moved into jet propulsion, producing its first for the U.S. Navy — the straight-winged F3D Skyknight in 1948 and then the more "jet age" style F4D ...
The aircraft involved with registration N9101, a Douglas DC-9-14, serial number 45794, was delivered to West Coast Airlines just fifteen days prior to the accident. The plane had entered service on Monday, September 26, [ 10 ] had flown a total of 164 hours, and had been maintained as required by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). [ 2 ]
Douglas DC-9-32. In 1967, with the merger of McDonnell and Douglas Aircraft, David S. Lewis, then president of McDonnell Aircraft, was named chairman of what was called the Long Beach, Douglas Aircraft Division. At the time of the merger, Douglas Aircraft was estimated to be less than a year from bankruptcy.
DC-9-32 1979 May 16, 1979 June 21, 1993 Garuda Indonesia: Transportation Museum in Taman Mini Indonesia Indah in Jakarta, Indonesia. On static display [3] [4] MM62012 DC-9-32 1973 January 1974 May 2001 Italian Air Force: Volandia in Somma Lombardo, Varese On static display [5] [6] XA-JEB DC-9-32 1969 February 1969 August 31, 2004 Playboy ...
McDonnell Douglas DC-10: Los Angeles: 189/11 4 29 167 10 (firefighters injured) 2 died during evacuation, 2 died three months later of their injuries 25 [186] [187] [188] July 8, 1987 Boeing 747: North Atlantic Ocean 399/19 0 0 0 0 Near mid-air collision with off-course Delta flight 1713 [189] November 15, 1987 McDonnell Douglas DC-9: Denver ...
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-14: 6 1966 1979 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15: 14 1980 7 1986 1999 Former Ozark Air Lines fleet. McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31: 18 2001 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32: 16 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-34: 3 1986 1999 Former Ozark Air Lines fleet. McDonnell Douglas DC-9-41: 3 1986 1999 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51: 12 1993 Former Eastern Air ...
ValuJet Airlines Flight 592 was a regularly scheduled flight from Miami to Atlanta in the United States. On May 11, 1996, the ValuJet Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-9 operating the route crashed into the Florida Everglades about ten minutes after departing Miami as a result of a fire in the cargo compartment probably caused by mislabeled and improperly stored hazardous cargo (oxygen generators).