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Old May 28, 2011 | 11:07 pm
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Originally Posted by USirritated
From the looks of the picture (hard to be positive), the plane is a MD88. That is what DL gets for flying inefficient 20-30 year old planes! DL should accelerate their retirements!
Yes, it was a mad dog. While I do agree they are ancient and need to get to Victorville ASAP, that was not the cause of the incident. A tire blew out. That doesn't have anything to do with the fact that the plane is old.

Anyone know the registration?
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