Thank you Allan, for putting the engine separation blame where it belongs. Bad maintenance can ruin any machine.
Scott -----Original Message----- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Allan Streib Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2013 2:50 PM To: Peter Frederick; Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Asiana Peter Frederick <psf...@earthlink.net> writes: > Well, the DC-10 was hardly the cutting edge technology -- the L1011 > was a vastly superior airframe in just about any way you want to > compare them, and never suffered from unexpected engine separations or > doors blowing off. The engine separations were caused by airlines "inventing" an engine removal procedure that was not approved by MD. The cargo door design was flawed, though once understood the problem could be mitigated. Otherwise the aircraft has been reliable and is still in wide use as a freighter and still in passenger service in some countries. It is most definintely an aircraft from another era at this point, unless refitted with a "glass cockpit" it has a "gauges and switches" cockpit and requires a 3-man crew to operate. -- Allan Streib _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
