It seems the DC-10/MD-11 family was an engineering disaster...from non-forgiving gear, leading edge devices which retract with engine failure, causing fatal stall, mis-designed cargo doors, floors which collapse which wipe out control cables, serial back-flips. How can anyone, with a straight face, say this aircraft isn't a deathtrap? Oh yes, a 'good operator' should be able to land without flight controls or leading edge slat retraction with engine failure at takeoff, right? Oops, almost forgot the center engine explosion which caused loss of all hydraulics, resulting in another fatal crash, all due to lack of a fuse (which rival L-1011 had) to protect at least one hydraulic system. The original engineers should have been jailed.
Last edited by Semaphore Sam; 18th Oct 2012 at 23:19.