The Last Plane In America With An Analog Cockpit

The McDonnell Douglas MD-80 was the last American-built aircraft to feature an analog cockpit. The aircraft entered ...
Los Angeles Times

FAA orders safety checks on MD-80 series aircraft

The Federal Aviation Administration is ordering U.S. airlines to conduct safety inspections to look for cracking on overwing frames on certain MD-80 series aircraft, a directive that could be a ...
Aviation Week

SAS to sell four MD-82/87 aircraft

SAS MD-80. By Rob Finlayson [UPDATED] Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) announced it has signed an agreement to sell four MD-82/87 aircraft, with options for 19 MD-82s and 10 spare engines. The purchaser ...
Flightglobal

Shimmy dampers examined after Red Air MD-82 gear collapse

US investigators have been scrutinising shimmy damper mechanisms from a Red Air Boeing MD-82 which suffered a main landing-gear collapse and runway excursion after touching down at Miami. The aircraft ...
Flightglobal

MD-82 almost stalled at low level after go-around thrust overlooked

Bulgarian investigators have revealed that a Boeing MD-82 almost stalled while nose-high at low level, after the crew did not engage go-around thrust during a missed approach at Tarbes-Lourdes airport ...
HeraldNet

MD-82 crash probe may focus on engine

BRUSSELS, Belgium — Takeoffs are considered one of the most precarious stages of flight, when an aircraft is accelerating down a runway with its engines at high thrust and the aerodynamic stress on ...