[CholeraJoe]

And that's why the DC-10/MD-11 doesn't fly passengers anymore.

[rocksblues]

Problem with the engine cowling's?

[Central Scrutiniser]

The MD11 still flies pax, Finnair loves them and is trying to get every one they can, but most are being turned into cargo. I only flew it once, we had a 4 hour delay while we were on the plane, then an 11 hour flight.

But I really liked the DC-10, used to fly them on Contential and Hawaiian all the time.

[COEXERJ145]

The MD-11 is still used by several passenger airlines but it was never produced in great numbers.

The DC-10 is also still in service with Northwest, and numerous foreign airlines.

Age of an airplane has nothing to do with safety. What matters is proper maintenance.

[Energy Alley]

There is nothing seriously wrong with the MD-11, other than that Boeing discontinued the MD-11 with cash on the table from the likes of Fedex and Lufthansa.

Boeing believed doing so would help the 767 freighter... uhh, it didn't.

Just one of a million extremely stupid decisions made by Boeing in the late 90's.

Basically, very few airlines bought the MD-11 in large numbers, and new long-range twins like the Airbus A330 and the Boeing 777 had better economics, and there were these crazy freight dawgs at their door with cash in hand for their small fleets of MD-11's and they didn't pay bankruptcy sale prices either. Good deal for everyone.

[A.A. Cunningham]

The carriers still flying MD-11s and DC-10s will be surprised to hear that, not to mention the Air Force and their KC-10s.