Having been an aviation and airline Manager for many years I have followed these disasters quite rigorously. I have a copy of Moira Johnston's The Last Nine Minutes and this details the entire episode of THY flt # 981. I lived the days when the latch over spools were a spill over to the L1011 and lights were common failures in confirmation. The inability of the manufacturer to sense the requirements for pivotal pressurization in larger aircraft and develop alternative venting systems beyond the 3.1 psi floor strength seemed to stagnate the industry, but then again who knew that the doubling of the size of aircraft hulls would result in cubed ratio of pressure and any cummulative effects ie door mechanisms, would provide that explosive charge that would disrupt cable mechanisms and severe the pilots control of the aircraft. The famous axiom is "would it work in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan" in other words, placards in english and 1" diameter viewing ports in a blinding snow storm at sub zero temps do not invoke the confidence that passengers would require from a baggage handler or mechanic on the run. It is time to error proof these systems people and make them kaizen or error proof.

--Brett

Some weeks after this THY had a #2 engine fail out of LHR. They came to Laker Airways at LGW for the engine change. I was a fitter at the time. We changed the engine for them as we had a GE lease pool engine on site at the time. They sent their own team over, however we had the job done before they turned up. The engine failed because the combustor cracked [known problem at the time] up. Still working DC10's today but now licenced for the last 20+ years. Good a/c on the whole.

--oddjob

I wasn't in the world when that tragic accident happened. However I can guess the terrifying dimensions of this incident. I learned that my uncle's closer classmate had lost her life in DC-10 disaster while she had been flying to London for studying English literature. And during the rescue workings, her squared, red trouser had been found and given to her depressed parents. And as a Turkish citizen, I want to give a short information. In the Ermenonville disaster, 47 Turkish passengers were killed. The name of the passenger that I have mentioned above was Gunselı Yoruker.

--brutus