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Old Mar 12, 2019, 9:12 am
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Originally Posted by Stranger
After Australia and thee UK, seems to me Canada won't be able to hang on much longer. It's going to be tough. We may see more domestic 763s. Good thing it's low season.

But eh, took one crash (TK in Paris) for the DC-10 to be grounded. And what about the 787 fires?
It took one crash to ground DC-10s, but the type had multiple incidents relating to cargo doors opening in flight before the TK fatality. One could argue that those lives could have been saved had regulators acted more promptly.
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