Originally Posted by
Cofyknsult
I think that Panam' s 747 in Tenerife, colliding with a KLM 747 taking off may have been even deadlier... but of course in those times... "Panam made the going great..."
It was, but that was in the Canary Islands, not USA.
Originally Posted by
elitetraveler
I thought it was on AA DC10s that were grounded, but could be wrong.
Nope, all D10s in USA grounded and banned from USA airspace.
Originally Posted by
elitetraveler
In the case of AA, I believe the inspections found damage in other 10s due to the different technique AA was using to service the engines.
As well as CO and UA.
CO was using the same procedure as AA. UA was using the same total-removal technique, but doing so with an overhead crane instead of a forklift. Both also found damaged D10 pylons due to such mtx.
Originally Posted by
SkedGuy
Hmmm... are you thinking about the DL 727 that crashed in 1987?
It was August of 1988 actually...