DC-10

The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 is an American trijet wide-body aircraft that was first introduced in 1971 and produced until 1989. It had a typical seating capacity of 270 passengers in two classes and a range of up to 5,200 nautical miles, making it suitable for transcontinental and intercontinental flights. However, the DC-10 had a poor safety record in its early years due to design flaws and accidents, including the deadliest crash in aviation history at the time. The aircraft was later redesigned and improved, and its safety record became comparable to those of similar-era passenger jets. A total of 386 DC-10s were delivered to airlines, and the aircraft was eventually succeeded by the McDonnell Douglas MD-11. After its retirement from commercial passenger service, some DC-10s were converted into cargo aircraft or adapted for other uses such as aerial firefighting and eye surgery.learn more on wikipedia