Date: 01 March 1978
Airline: Continental Airlines
Flight No.: 603
Aircraft: DC-10-10
Location: Los Angeles, California
Fatalities: 2:200
While attempting takeoff from runway
25R at Los Angeles International Airport, two tires failed and the crew was
forced to abort the takeoff. The aircraft [N68045] departed the right side of the runway, the landing
gear collapsed, and the aircraft slid some 600 feet from the runway and came
to rest.
