EXTREME RARE DC10 (48 YRS OLD!) VISIT AT LAX 

DC-3 is probably older than many of the zoomer's grandparents.

L-1011 and MD-11 too

Unfortunately, the plane killed too many domestic passengers and was a staple of crashes in the 1970's and 80's. The plane was prone to hydraulic failures like the infamous Souix City crash of flight 232. As such, it was removed from passenger service and used for cargo and tankers.

​@@peteanddrake4242Not really. It was phased out of passenger service because the plane is too old. Why use the DC-10 when you've got a plethora of options like the A330 and the A350, Boeing 777 and 787, etc. All these planes are more cost-effective to operate and maintain. If the DC-10 were to be retired due to its less than stellar safety record, it would've been out of passenger service long before the 2000s even arrived. United Airlines operated the DC-10 until 2001, Northwest Airlines last operated the trijet in 2007, and passenger service ended last 2014.

It was a pile of shit

​@mcdonnell-douglasdc-1056 correct, I hate when people say it was the crashes. Most of those crashes where the fault of ground personnel and not the plane itself.

L1011 on Delta? The whole fuselage used to flex! The last DC-10 I flew was Osaka to Pusan, Korea in 1995. Japan Airlines.

That's awesome!!

You didn’t died

Because it was dangerous aircraft

Ah kids these days... Just commenting *negative* stuff about the plane *I sure do love it* (I'm joking)

So It Couldnt Land Heavy Then

@@YQRAviation The center gear doesn't bear as much weight as people think. There is a weight penalty (About 10% of the normal max landing weight) for landing with the center gear retracted on most variants of the -30 and -40. It's primary purpose is the extra set of brakes for a high-speed abort/reject on takeoff, increasing MTOW.

@laxnative4622 So you lived in Westchester or Marina Del Rey area?

MD11 was a different aircraft...

Groundspeed and airspeed are two different things

I missed the KC10s there at March by a few months! When I left SACs 15th AF CMD center, they were expecting the first “10s” soon!!

The March Field Air Museum recently added a KC-10 to its collection.@@trob0914

Its ‘dangerous history’ is greatly exaggerated. Yes it went through a turbulent & tragic time in the mid 70s, but when you compare how many flew around the world for so many years accident free, that should be its lasting legacy for a wonderful airplane.

Many of the accidents were related to the engine, and could have happened to any plane using a similar engine.

@@Itapirkanmaa2 No, many of the DC10 crashes was due to the left aft faulty cargo door, that have unlatched itself while high in the air. The NTSB have found that it was a design flaw but after Douglas rectified the problem, no more fatal accidents of that type have occurred. But the public and DC10 operators have lost faith in this aircraft and production of the DC10 was stopped. Ps, Only one aircraft crashed with a engine issue and that was at O'Hare airport, when a DC10 left engine was torn off on the takeoff roll. The pilots did follow the instructions of the QRH but that info was incorrect, and led to the airplane to crash and killing everybody on board.

@@mariuskuhrau761 Do your research first. There was ONE crash in 1973 related to the cargo door design. The 747 btw had a similar issue with its cargo door. The UA 232 crash was due to the engine manufacturer, the AA 191 crash was due to the airline having developed an unapproved procedure to changing the engine. Nobody "stopped producing DC-10" until 1989, when the successor MD-11 had been introduced. Are you a kid by any chance?