FAA grounds DC-10 and MD-10 operations after MD-11 engine-separation incident
Emergency airworthiness directive impacts multiple operators pending inspections and corrective measures.
DC-10
How many DC-10s are still flying in the world?
After the Fedex retired the last MD-10-10F, few units of the famous McDonnell Douglas tri-jet remain active
FedEx will retire MD-10 freighters from 2022
US airline is one of the few operators of the DC-10 trijet, launched by McDonnell Douglas in the 1970s to compete with the Boeing 747
Boeing 737 MAX grounding is not an uncommon situation in commercial aviation
Many models had technical problems early in their operation, but most managed to solve them and have a successful career