1985 - 1989
January 24th 1986 | FedEx recieves the first DC-10-30F(AF), 48287/ 409. |
August 10th 1986 | American Trans Air's #36 burnt out after an incident with an oxygen generator. |
October 1986 | TOA Domestic Airlines (later Japan Air System) orders two DC-10-30s. |
September 1986 | Thai Airways places an order for three DC-10-30ERs. |
January 10th 1987 | During touch and go - training, the crew of Nigeria Airways' 46968/ 243 loses control of its aircraft. |
September 17th 1987 | #382, an United States Air Force KC-10 burns out in Barksdale, LA. |
October 1987 | Bangladesh Biman Airlines orders a single DC-10-30. |
May 21st 1988 | American Airlines loses 47846/ 69, a DC-10-30. |
September 30th 1988 | The United States Air Force recieves the 60th and last KC-10A. |
July 19th 1989 | United Airlines' 46618/ 118 burns out after a heavy landing in Sioux City. Through a TV-movie of this accident, it becomes one of the most published in civil aviation history. Although 187 people survived this crash, the DC-10s bad publicity rose up again. |
July 25th 1989 | Nigeria Airways recieves 48318/ 446, the last DC-10 to be built. |
July 27th 1989 | Korean Air Lines' 47887/ 125 crashes on short final to Tripoli, Lybia. |
September 19th 1989 | A bomb explodes on board of an UTA DC-10-30 over Niger. The bomb on board 46852/ 125 was most probably put on board by Lybian terrorists during a stop in Brazzaville. |