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The fiery crash pointed to no new mechanical deficiencies in the DC-10, which was grounded in the U.S. for 37 days after one lost an engine and crashed shortly after takeoff from Chicago on May 25, killing 273 people. But that is cold consolation indeed.
There were "fringe benefits" to the agent's presence which took on humorous overtones. They kept a daily log tracing the arrival and departure times for every member of the family. As an attractive teenager, Susan had a busy social life. She knew that Betty and I didn't want...
When Soviet Ballet Star Alexander Godunov decided to defect to the U.S. last week, he could hardly have foreseen the fallout from his electrifying leap to freedom: a Moscow-bound Soviet jetliner with 112 passengers aboard grounded for more than 24 hours and surrounded by police at New York'...
"Today I am returning the DC-10 fleet to the air." That laconic announcement last week by Federal Aviation Administrator Langhorne Bond was received joyfully by the eight U.S. airlines that operate 138 wide-bodied DC-10 jets. For 37 days the planes had been grounded while FAA crews combed...
The European action represented a sharp challenge to the authority of the FAA. In the past, European carriers have automatically obeyed FAA directives involving U.S.-made aircraft. When Washington withdrew the DC-10's airworthiness certificate on June 6, the Europeans promptly grounded their 10s too and undertook extensive...