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The MD-11 is considered a safe aircraft, because almost all airliners are very very safe. comparatively to the Airbus and Boeign equivalent, it is not viewed as
by InTheArena 9y ago
The MD-11 is considered a safe aircraft, because almost all airliners are very very safe. comparatively to the Airbus and Boeign equivalent, it is not viewed as a particularly safe aircraft, as it was derived from the DC-10 (which had a epically bad reputation). while a lot of the issues with the DC-10 were fixed, there longer length of the plane caused issue.s
- kakwa_ 9y agoActually, it was not that safe. To reduce fuel consumption, Douglas used a quite small tail for an aircraft that size. Consequently the MD-11 has to land at high speed which makes it prone to catastrophic bounced landing like the 2 Fedex crashes. Also, it was not produced for very long (compared to other aircrafts from Boeing or Airbus) and the fleet was either retired or converted to freighters quickly by airlines.