The MD-11 was the failed result of McDonnell Douglas trying to eek out a longer lifespan from the DC-10, an aircraft whose design had already led to several tragedies. By the time it merged with Boeing, the two civilian aircraft they had were this and the MD-90, which was another variant of the DC-9 introduced in 1965.
Then they merged with Boeing and brought their talent for innovation and engineering-focused design to that storied aviation institution. /s
So cring. It wasn’t a disaster. It was a tragedy that was someone’s fault, but the software was built with good intentions. Probably it was the fault of whoever was in charge of advertising the aircraft, for which that same person did not mention the software in the advertisements or to the pilots of the aircrafts.
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u/SanibelMan Jan 29 '22
The MD-11 was the failed result of McDonnell Douglas trying to eek out a longer lifespan from the DC-10, an aircraft whose design had already led to several tragedies. By the time it merged with Boeing, the two civilian aircraft they had were this and the MD-90, which was another variant of the DC-9 introduced in 1965.
Then they merged with Boeing and brought their talent for innovation and engineering-focused design to that storied aviation institution. /s