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[GEN2] mid air break up lol dc-10 turkish airlines flight 981

0 AsianaAgekk238  4 hours ago

For those who dont know : Turkish Airlines Flight 981 was a scheduled flight from Istanbul Yeşilköy Airport to London Heathrow Airport, with an intermediate stop at Orly Airport in Paris. On 3 March 1974, the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 operating the flight crashed into the Ermenonville Forest, about 40 kilometres (25 mi; 22 nmi) outside Paris, killing all 335 passengers and 11 crew. The crash was also known as the Ermenonville air disaster.

General Characteristics

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 1.84
  • Wing Loading 92.8lbs/ft2 (453.0kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 789.9ft2 (73.4m2)
  • Drag Points 14171

Parts

  • Number of Parts 364
  • Control Surfaces 11
  • Performance Cost 1,605