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Old 24th Mar 2009, 23:19
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From Unusual Attitude The extraordinary accident history of the MD-11 and MD-10

By Kieran Daly on March 23, 2009 10:28 AM |


It's impossible to ignore the history of landing-related accidents to the MD-11 and MD-10 series of aircraft. Plus at least one DC-10 loss that may be relevant. Some of these bear remarkable resemblances to today's accident at Narita. Others may be pertinent for knock-on reasons. I find it hard to think of a comparable pattern of serious, related accidents to a single type - particularly one not even built in large numbers. Much discussion of landing the MD-11 here. (...)

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