The jets listed for court order for seizure included three McDonnell Douglas MD-83 jets under the following tail and serial numbers: N801WA (53291), N802WA (53052), and N804WA (49345). According ...

DALLAS — Today, in 1993, the McDonnell Douglas (MCD) MD-90 aircraft took to the skies for its maiden flight. The longest of the DC-9/MD-80 family, the development of the -90, had begun back in the ...

American MD-80 aircraft in Roswell, New Mexico [Credit: AirlineGeeks/ William Derrickson] A former American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-80 is potentially getting a new lease on life. For the ...

CUTLINES - The final flight of American Airlines N259AA was only about 8 feet in the air over a distance of 40 feet, but it may have been one of the most difficult. After three years of waiting, a ...

The museum will unveil the full-sized American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-80 airliner on Monday, with doors opening to the public at the end of the month. The plane is hard to miss, parked in ...

DALLAS — Today, in 1979, the McDonnell Douglas MD-80 conducted its inaugural flight. The jet was certified on August 25, 1980. Swissair (SR), the launch customer, received the initial airliner on ...

The aircraft subsequently collided with a stationary McDonnell Douglas MD-80 belonging to African Express Airways (registered 5Y-AXL) and broke into two parts before coming to a halt. The impact of ...

The MD-80, also known as 'Mad Dog' or 'Super 80,' has a five-abreast configuration (one of the features of the DC-9). The aircraft was produced by McDonnell Douglas from 1979 to 1997 and then by ...

It was later developed into the MD-95, which was renamed the Boeing 717 after McDonnell Douglas merged with Boeing in 1997. The MD-80 is still in service as of January 2023, with 136 MD-80s and its ...

A McDonnell-Douglas MD-80 belonging to Dominican Republic carrier Red Air crashed when making an emergency landing at Miami International airport on 21 June. ”The landing gear of RedAir Flight ...