Originally Posted by
Amadis of Gaul
Is that young lady still with the company, BTW?
I believe you are thinking of the FedEx MD-10 Memphis strut failure crash in 2003, not the one in 2006 that Huck was referencing.
The 2003 crash was the one with the jumpseat riders tossing Christmas presents and crew bags out the cockpit window while the plane was in flames:
https://youtu.be/yV5SbaIZ-G0
The freighter had a slide on the door but one of the jumpseat riders released it instead of inflating it so everyone went out the cockpit windows using the ropes.
The check captain retired after the 2003 crash and I think the pilot flying went on leave and never came back to FedEx. Huck would probably know.
Sadly, she passed away in 2013 after suffering an intra-cerebral hemorrhage.