I have always been fascinated by the MD11 - its a fantastic aircraft to both watch and also fly on. However how many full loses is this now since it began operations 20 years ago ? There have also been a string of incidents regularly with this aircraft type. I am surprised that more than a few people have not said that there has to be something fundamentally wrong with this aircraft - far fewer examples produced than the B777 or A330/A340 yet a significantly higher number of write offs and countless incidents. Perhaps it doesnt receive the same attention as it operates mostly cargo based flights now ?