[nightdriver]

"Wasn't the intake on a -100 oblong?"

You're right. I got the -100 and the -200 mixed up.

Besides that, I have to retract what I said because there's no way that the vertical stabilizer structure could have been wrenched off of the cowling without messing it up.

When I didn't see any turbine blades inside, I immediately and erroneously assumed it to be the center intake of a 727.

(staring at the floor, embarassed)

[leadpenny]

Hey, we're all speculating. The more I think about the DC-10, the vertical fin would have been more visible on the cowling.