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Mayday · S5E2 — Behind Closed Doors (American Airlines Flight 96 and Turkish Airlines Flight 981)
Synopsis
On June 12, 1972, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10, barely months from the factory, was operating as American Airlines Flight 96 en route from Detroit, Michigan, to Buffalo, New York, when it experienced an explosive decompression following the sudden opening of a cargo door in the lower rear fuselage. The crew managed an emergency landing back in Detroit, with no casualties. Two years later, on March 3, 1974, Turkish Airlines Flight 981 met a similar fate during a flight from Paris to London. This tim



