Type of planes at heart of American review were involved in recent deadly crashes overseas
NEW YORK - The MD-80 series, a workhorse family of airplanes at the center of a growing maintenance problem for American Airlines , has been involved in two deadly crashes overseas and the carrier's most serious mid-air emergency in recent months.
The twin-engine plane began life as a modified version of the DC-9, entering service in October 1980. Boeing Corp. , which later bought the aircraft's original manufacture...
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