The Douglas DC-10
The Douglas DC-10 was a tragedy of note. Its disastrous career in the skies led to fifty-five crashes which caused an unfortunate number of deaths. A fatal floor in the plane’s structural design was that the doors opened to the outside rather than inwards, and it was next to impossible to shut the door properly, which was a major safety concern. In 1972 there was an occasion in which the rickety doors blasted open mid-flight and this wasn’t just on one occasion, it happened again in 1974. In 1979 the Douglas had the worst tragedy it could have ever seen in its short-lived career, its wing fell off during a failed takeoff! Thankfully this plane was redesigned from the landing gear to the cockpit for a safer more appropriate design and better usage.
The Douglas DC10
