American Airlines Flight 96: The DC-10 Whose Cargo Door Fell Off

American Airlines Flight 96 was a scheduled flight from Los Angeles to New York via Detroit and Buffalo on June 12th 1972. It was operated by a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 aircraft. The aircraft made a complex but successful landing after it lost its rear cargo door and experienced control damage. Unfortunately, the same incident on a later flight was much worse.



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