Word: crashing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Those worried-and worrisome -comments came last week from a member of a band of experts who normally know all the answers: the National Transportation Safety Board's "go teams" of plane-crash investigators. Over the years they have been able to pinpoint a "probable cause" in 97% of all U.S. air accidents. Yet even these legendary investigators remained in doubt about the precise cause of the worst U.S. air tragedy in history-the crash of an American Airlines DC-10 jumbo jet near Chicago's O'Hare International Airport on Memorial Day weekend that killed...
...crash proves the need for constant vigilance...
...kinds -cracked plates, loose bolts-had turned up in the pylons of 36 of the inspected aircraft. After repair, one got back into the air, with FAA permission, joining 102 found to have no defects. But Philip Hogue, a member of the National Transportation Safety Board investigating the American crash, said that he thought the planes should have been kept in hangars until the cause of the disaster had been more fully determined. Would he fly on a DC-10 as a passenger? Answered Hogue: "No, I would...
...probe into the American crash seems certain to lead to a broader and deeper investigation, going all the way back to the initial design of the DC-10 by McDonnell Douglas Corp. and its certification by the FAA. The Government's recommendations about the DC-10 will largely depend on what the NTSB's crash detectives eventually find to be the "probable cause" of Flight 191's crash. The accident left no survivors to interview, and the cockpit voice recorder disclosed only two sounds after the routine checklist readings: an unexplained thud and the single word "Damn...
...crash has raised troubling questions about the DC-10 design. Is the pylon basically strong enough to hold the engine on under the stresses of takeoff? If not, how should it be modified? And how much might McDonnell Douglas have to pay for it? (A new pylon costs approximately...