[Calvin Locke]

The DC-10 had a structural issue in that it originally used a cheap metal for closing a rear cargo door. The metal would flex enough not to lock the door, but signal the cockpit that it was locked.

As a passenger jet, when the inadequately latched door blew open, the sudden loss of pressure in the cargo hold collapsed the passenger floor above.

Alas, the fixes to the cargo door, and the addition of large vents in the passenger deck to allow for non-catastrophic equalization (just in case), came too late to save the DC-10 from being relegated to hauling cargo.

[norton]

was it a 10 that blew the door off lifting refugees or troops out of RVN way back then?