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American Airlines Flight 96
was a flight operated by American Airlines. The flight was operated with a
McDonnell Douglas DC-10
. On 12 June 1972, the flight went into
explosive decompression
after a cargo door was blown out from the airplane. This incident occurred near the city of
Windsor, Ontario
,
Canada
. Because the incident occurred near the city, this incident is sometimes referred to as the
Windsor Incident
.
[1]
The incident was caused because of the cargo door. The cargo door was blown out of the plane because the locks of the cargo door failed. When the locks failed, the cargo door blew out and caused
rapid decompression
in the cargo area of the airplane. This caused the collapse of part of the passenger section of the airplane, which in turn led to some problems with the plane. The
rudder
of the airplane was jammed to the right, and cable controls to the second engine were separated. Luckily, no hydraulics were broken. Despite having little control of the airplane, Captain Bryce McCormick was successful in landing the airplane at
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
. After the incident,
McDonnell Douglas
, the maker of the aircraft, made minor changes to the locks of the cargo door. These changes would prove to be not successful with the crash of
Turkish Airlines Flight 981
. The crash was caused by exactly the same reason as this incident.
- ↑
Nicholas Faith (1996, 1998).
Black Box
: pp.157?158
