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In a previous article, "Blueskies" said:
The MD 11 killed MD...

You sure it wasn't the way that the badly designed cargo door latch on the
DC-10 caused the largest aircrash in history until Tenerife?



May have been both - however the MD11 made specific promises for utility
(load and range) which it was unbable to deliver. This led to cancelled orders
and public derision (American made some public statement about returning to
Boeing "who at least know how to make an airplane"). Thus the investment in
the MD11 had no hope of being recovered.

G Faris