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Old 11-06-2010, 05:17 PM  
MrMaxwell
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Originally Posted by Seth Manson View Post
United Airlines Flight 232 out of Sioux City on July 19, 1989. Aircraft was a DC-10, disc fan failure.

November 3, 1973 - National Airlines Flight 27, a DC-10-10 experienced an uncontained failure of the right (#3) engine. The cabin was penetrated by shrapnel from the engine and lost pressure. One passenger was killed.

June 13, 1996 ? Garuda Indonesia Flight 865, DC-10-30 PK-GIE had just taken off from Fukuoka Airport, Japan when a high-pressure blade from engine #3 separated. The aircraft was just a few feet above the runway and the pilot decided to abort the take-off. Consequently, the DC-10 skidded off the runway and came to a halt 1,600 ft (490 m) past it, having lost one of its engines and its landing gear.

March 26, 2009 - an Arrow Air DC-10 en route from Manaus, Brazil to Bogotá, Colombia sustained an engine failure during flight. Large pieces from the engine fell onto the town of Manaus damaging 12 houses, but causing no injuries. The aircraft managed to land safely in Colombia.
YES!!
https://youtube.com/watch?v=cU2mqOLzlfU
Plane crash documentaries like these are oddly comforting to me, and they help me sleep. I watch one on repeat/autoplay every night to help me to sleep. And, strange as it may seem - it helps me fly
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