The tragic accident of the Louisville BD-11 on take off which killed the crew and 11persons on the ground reminds many people familiar with both MD-11 and DC-10 aircraft of the accident with a DC-10-10 at Chicago O'Hare on May 25 1979. The DC-10 accident is referenced in the MD-11 preliminary report on page 11. There are certain commonalities between the two accidents, but the totality of circumstances and extent of investigation (so far) of both accidents are vastly differen

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This article covers a lot of known ground for Service Engineers but it may be interesting for new hires or people that are interested in...

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Unfortunately public agencies are increasingly under political influence these days and EASA is no exception. This web site is 100% anti...

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Recently EASA published two excellent Safety Information Bulletins which are a revision up from May-2012. SIB 2012-09R1 describes the 11...

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