@aircrashbriefs: When investigators reached the crash site, they already had a clue: the rear cargo door was missing. Just two years earlier, this same door design had failed on another DC-10. Engineers warned: “This can happen again.” The manufacturer said it was fixed — but it wasn’t. The investigation revealed: • The lock wasn’t strong enough • The warning system didn’t work • Pressure blew the door open • The floor collapsed, cutting flight controls It wasn’t a mystery. It was a warning ignored — with 346 lives lost. ⸻ #Flight981 #AviationInvestigation #DC10 #AirSafety #NeverForget
McDonnell Douglas legacy lives still in the offices of Boeing.
cost cut everything before it was hip
2026-01-06 17:22:17
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Jollyboy :
Sadly the DC-10 was a floored aircraft while the Lockheed L 1011 came out later but because the DC-10 was available 1st airlines went for what was available first and for Turkish airlines this proved to be a terrible mistake.
2026-01-05 17:37:56
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Andrew_Tusoe :
Its sad that a simple locking mechanism “defect” caused so many lives…😢🤦♂️
2026-01-15 20:21:16
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izelakay :
Türkiye mentioned unfortunately 🇹🇷😢
2025-12-21 21:06:18
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Brandon 🇺🇸 :
McDonnell Douglas was such a horrid company, always cutting corners and now that has trickled over to Boeing since the buyout many years ago. Awful.
2026-01-06 08:29:53
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steel :
Was? Still is!
2025-12-11 06:40:07
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Wing zero :
Black box are designed to survive no?
2025-12-19 20:14:31
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user2478888666 :
I like how they're ripping cigs in the meetings.
2025-11-17 03:32:33
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Thomas Kalivas :
I don't get it's a door that should lock why is that so difficult to accomplish? there are other planes in that era that did that with no issues
2025-11-17 02:02:53
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josediaz93300 :
🥰
2026-01-07 21:29:55
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moody blue tcb :
🙏🙏🙏♥️♥️♥️♥️
2025-11-17 11:42:56
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shiraz :
😁
2025-12-24 03:15:11
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muhdryzel :
🥰🥰🥰
2025-11-18 02:09:08
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lowriTF :
😁😁😁
2025-11-28 15:04:05
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Cry some more :
346 in that small plane 🤢
2025-11-16 20:31:31
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Nadine Radcliff :
so I am going to say they just murdered them people cause they knew it was going to happen
2026-01-06 16:59:46
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CHIZZY GADGETS IN PH :
they should use wat they used to make the black box an mske the plane nah
2026-01-04 21:58:24
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Philip Mandela :
A damaged coffin with somebody's leg hanging out. That dude just RIPid a second time ☺️
2025-11-19 15:34:30
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