Applying Lessons Learned from Accidents

Accident Summary - continued

Black and white photograph of National Airlines Flight 27, DC-10, Albuqueque showing the number 3 engine, the cabin window which failed due to the impact from the debris, the number 1 engine which sustained damage, and airframe damage.

The liberated blades struck the fuselage, right wing, engines No. 1 and 2, and caused a cabin window to fail.

This resulted in the expulsion of one passenger through the opening during rapid decompression. Many passenger oxygen masks failed to deploy, causing a panic among the remaining passengers.

The engine debris caused damage to two of the aircraft's three hydraulic systems resulting in loss of all hydraulic fluid for both systems.

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