Date: 03 November 1973
Airline: National Airlines
Flight No.: 27
Aircraft: DC-10-10
Location: Sorocco, NM
Fatalities: 1:128
Photographer: Unknown
The aircraft suffered an uncontained
engine failure after the crew experimented with the auto-throttle system
to the point that the engine oversped. One passenger was killed when shrapnel
entered the cabin.