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Old 19th Dec 2003, 04:28
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Thankfully, the crew and riders walked away from yet another FedEx aircraft mishap. This is FedEx's fourth widebody hull loss since 1966 (two MD-11's, a DC-10 and this MD-10). The feds already had FedEx on double secret probation after several other incidents and a 727 crash in TLH last year.

FedEx has never had a fatality on their mainline, however several Cessna Caravan pilots have been lost over the past few years.

Here's a page with links to some video of the evacuation:

http://www.wreg.com/Global/story.asp...4&nav=3HvDJl1z

The MD-10 has a slide but it may not have been usable due to the right bank angle of the wreckage (or high winds as one of the TV news crew speculated).
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