Title supplied by cataloger. The Federal Aviation Administration announced on May 29, 1979 its grounding of all 134 U.S.-registered DC-10 aircraft because of "grave and potentially dangerous deficiencies" in the assembly that holds the plane's engine to the wing. Photograph caption reads: "For the crews, FAA orders mean increased inspections: Robert Doll, of Continental Airlines' engineering and maintenance, goes over a DC-10 engine at LAX." Photograph dated: May 30, 1979.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;24 x 32 cm. Photographic prints
Continental Airlines Los Angeles International Airport Airplanes--Motors--Inspection McDonnell Douglas DC-10 (Jet transport) Westchester (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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