Word: designs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Cliffs Notes objected to a takeoff on its trademarked cover design. "The defense 'parody' does not magically dispel what would otherwise be an infringement," said its attorney. A federal judge agreed. Doubleday plans an appeal...
...government-industry task force has been set up to discuss possible changes in the design of the DC-10, which is built by McDonnell Douglas, and other large aircraft, including the L-1011 and the Boeing 747. It is, however, unclear when that group will make its recommendations...
...travelers were beginning to wonder if the plane was now simply too spooked to fly. No less troubled was the International Airline Passengers Association, a Dallas-based consumer group that claims 110,000 members. After the Sioux City crash, the I.A.P.A. demanded that the Federal Aviation Administration investigate possible design flaws in the DC-10 and ground the nation's fleet if necessary...
...McDonnell Douglas, a higher percentage than that recorded by comparable superjets like the Lockheed L-1011 (1.2%). Both the FAA and McDonnell Douglas rejected the I.A.P.A.'s request. Said FAA spokesman John Leyden: "There's nothing that's come out of the Sioux City accident indicating a basic design flaw that would warrant such an action...
...nagging possibility of an inherent design flaw in the DC-10 remains. In 1979 an American Airlines DC-10 taking off from Chicago lost its left-wing engine, tearing out its hydraulic lines; the plane crashed, killing 273. The I.A.P.A. won a federal court order that forced the FAA to ground the entire DC-10 fleet for inspection. The planes were inspected and sent aloft again five weeks later...