Newsgroups: sci.aeronautics.airliners Path: news From: weiss@curtiss.SEAS.UCLA.EDU (Michael Weiss) Subject: Re: hydraulic problems with DC-10's?? References: Message-ID: Approved: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM Organization: SEASnet, University of California, Los Angeles X-Original-Message-Id: <8733@lee.SEAS.UCLA.EDU> Sender: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM Date: 24 Nov 92 17:40:41 GMT In article kls@ohare.Chicago.COM (Karl Swartz) writes: >In article sdl@linus.mitre.org writes: >>Some of my pilot friends have accused the DC-10 as having a >>particularly bad history of hydraulic problems (which have >>contributed to a few crashes). >Two, at least. AA 191 at Chicago/O'Hare on May 25, 1979, and UA 232 >at Sioux City, Iowa on July 19, 1989. I have a hard time believing that an intact hydraulic system would have prevented AA191 from crashing. Let's face it, a wing-mounted engine falling off produces such a rediculous unbalance that even full aileron wouldn't be able to counter it. -- \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / - Michael weiss@seas.ucla.edu | School of Engineering & Applied Science - - Weiss izzydp5@oac.ucla.edu | University of California, Los Angeles - / | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | \