KC-767 ????

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"Steven P. McNicoll" writes:



Thrust bearing? The only major DC-10 crash I can recall at Chicago was
in
1979 and was due to faulty maintenance procedures.

Turkish Airways....


In France not Chicago and a result of a failed cargo door IRC

Keith

Correct on both counts.

Although why MD chose not to fit pressure blowout valves is a mystery.. The
cargo compartment de-pressurised and brought the pax floor down onto the
control lines. From then on it was uncontrollable.

This happened over Windsor,Ontario as the aircraft climbed out of DTW.
It should have been uncontrollable, but for Capt. McCormick who brought
it back missing only the coffin which had shifted in turbulence and hit
the door enough for it to pop open.

I hadn't heard of that additional one - do you have a cite / flight number ?

There's a short description of the incident (American Airlines flight 96,
near Windsor, Ontario on 12 June 1972) at

http://aviation-safety.net/database/1972/720612-0.htm

Every account I've seen blames this on the cargo door latch mechanism,
not on shifting cargo. It's true that a casket that was in the cargo
compartment went out the rear door as the aircraft depressurized, but
that wasn't the cause.

The cabin floor over the bulk cargo compartment partially collapsed,
damaging the elevator and rudder control cables which ran under the
floor and causing loss of throttle control to the number 2 engine.
The crew had no rudder and only limited elevator control, but managed
to land the aircraft successfully at Detroit Metro.

This is essentially the same thing that happened to the Turkish
Airlines DC-10 near Paris -- the difference was that the seating
density in the Turkish aircraft was higher (the American DC-10 had
a "piano bar" lounge area in the rear of the cabin), and the added
weight on the cabin floor made the collapse worse, leaving the crew
with no elevator control at all.


ljd