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| Date: | Friday 2 October 1981 |
| Time: | 11:35 |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 |
| Owner/operator: | World Airways |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 328 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | Naval Air Station Patuxent River, MD -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, MD (BWI/KBWI) |
| London-Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) |
A World Airways McDonnell Douglas DC-10 made an emergency landing at NAS Patuxent River after developing problems with the aircraft control system shortly after takeoff from Baltimore/Washington International Airport. The pilot manually landed the jetliner at NAS Patuxent River without any further issue.
Sources:
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/10/02/A-World-Airways-DC-10-jetliner-bound-for-London-developed/7836370843200/
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