I have to laugh at people both on this forum post, and on other websites (Aviation Herald, airliners.net, Facebook etc) are saying this is because it is a 30 year old MD88. First, there is no evidence to suggest the plane had any issues or contributed to this incident. The MD80 is a fantastic, reliable, and comfortable (in my perspective with the 2x3 seating in back) aircraft that has an incredible safety record considering the number of flights they do each day and the fact they are still flying perfectly fine (with proper maintenance) and if it wasn't for the high fuel costs they could still be flying years down the road.