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170: The DC-10's fourth deadliest incident happened on the 19 September 1989 with UTA Flight 772 when a bomb exploded on board the aircraft while it was flying over the Sahara Desert in Niger. The explosion resulted in the structural failure of the DC-10, leading to the crash and all 170 occupants on board dying. [9]
American Airlines Flight 191 was a regularly scheduled domestic passenger flight from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago to Los Angeles International Airport.On the afternoon of May 25, 1979, the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 operating this flight was taking off from runway 32R at O'Hare International when its left engine detached from the wing, causing a loss of control.
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, the left rear cargo door of the McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 operating the flight blew open and broke off above Windsor, Ontario, after takeoff from Detroit, Michigan; the accident is thus sometimes referred to as the Windsor ...
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DC plane crash live updates: Black boxes from American Airlines plane recovered, source says. IVAN PEREIRA, MEREDITH DELISO and EMILY SHAPIRO. January 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM.
The crash occurred just before 9 p.m. Wednesday when American Airlines Flight 5342 from Wichita, Kansas, attempted to land and collided in midair with the Black Hawk helicopter. The passenger ...
The initial DC-10-10 had a 3,500-nautical-mile [nmi] (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) range for transcontinental flights. The DC-10-15 had more powerful engines for hot and high airports. The DC-10-30 and –40 models (with a third main landing gear leg to support higher weights) each had intercontinental ranges of up to 5,200 nmi (9,600 km; 6,000 mi).
Washington DC plane crash latest: 'Black box' cockpit voice and flight recorders recovered from wreckage. James Liddell,Kelly Rissman and Mike Bedigan. January 31, 2025 at 2:21 AM.