Originally Posted by
dixi188
IIRC It was on a Delta Tristar inbound to Gatwick that a Cabin crew member got trapped in a galley elevator and was prounced dead on arrival.
You may be thinking of the World Airways DC-10 F/A who was fatally injured in a galley elevator incident in September 1981 on a BWI-LGW flight.
The probable cause was determined to be a damaged interlock switch which should have prevented the elevator from moving with the door open.