National Airlines Flight 27

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National Airlines Flight 27 was a scheduled passenger flight in the United States between Miami, Florida, and San Francisco, California, with intermediate stops at New Orleans, Houston, and Las Vegas. On November 3, 1973, the aircraft involved, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 with the tail number N60NA (as Barbara), experienced an uncontained engine failure, causing significant damage to the plane. The aircraft later managed to make a safe emergency landing in New Mexico at the Albuquerque International Sunport. One passenger died after being ejected from the aircraft at cruising altitude, in addition to minor injuries sustained by twenty-four passengers. It was the first fatal accident involving a DC-10.

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