Word: 10s
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...expose themselves to the cancer-causing rays of the sun. On the other side, they suffer a bad case of the jitters about the smallest threat to personal well-being. They flee from apples that might bear a trace of Alar and fret about radon, nuclear power and DC-10s...
...revolving disk caused the tail engine on a United Airlines DC-10 to blow apart last July. The mishap crippled the jet's hydraulic steering system, killing 112 people when the plane crash-landed in Sioux City, Iowa. (McDonnell Douglas said last week that it would modify its DC-10s to ensure safe landings even if all hydraulic systems failed...
...prospect of mounting debt, an aviation task force of public and private experts piled new demands on the industry's maintenance crews. The panel called for a $563 million overhaul of 1,900 aging McDonnell Douglas jetliners around the world, including some 900 DC-8s, DC-9s and DC- 10s. The recommendations, which the Federal Aviation Administration is expected to endorse swiftly for U.S. planes, would range from replacing rivets to reskinning entire jets...
...Another Northwest DC-10 turned back to Detroit immediately after takeoff because the flap controls were not working properly. By week's end many anxious travelers were avoiding bookings on DC-10s. Addressing the fears, Federal Aviation Administrator James Busey maintained that there is no evidence that DC-10s are less safe than other airliners...
Until we know for sure that DC-10s are just as safe as any other airplane, the FAA should ground the plane. The cost in human terms is too great to do anything else...