the crash of Flight 981 would have been prevented. A complete redesign of the entire door system followed, and no DC-10 or MD-11 ever suffered a similar accident again. N103AA was repaired and returned to service with American Airlines. Its airframe was broken up at Phoenix Goodyear Airport in 2002, after having been assigned to the FedEx McDonnell Douglas MD-10 program. Dramatization The crash was featured in the third episode of Season 5 of the Canadian Cineflix documentary series Mayday, on the episode "Behind Closed Doors", which also covers the similar crash of Turkish Airlines Flight 981, which was broadcast on the Discovery Channel Canada and distributed internationally. The episode "Crash Detectives" of Survival in the Sky featured the accident, as well as the crash of Turkish Flight 981. Awards The entire flight crew was awarded American Airlines' highest honor, The Distinguished Service Award for Merit: Bryce McCormick (Captain), R. Paige Whitney (First Officer), Clayton Burke (Flight Engineer), Cydya Joyce Smith (Purser), Bea Copeland, Janice Hickingbottom, Colleen Maley, Sandra McConnell, Carol Kay McGhee, Marlene Saydah and Carol Stevens (Flight Attendants). See also Turkish Airlines Flight 981 Flight with disabled controls List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft List of airliner crashes involving loss of control List of notable decompression accidents and incidents United Airlines Flight 811 American Airlines Flight 191 1975 Tân Sơn Nhứt C-5 accident References External links NTSB Report NTSB/AAR-73-02 (Alternate) 1972 in Ontario Accidents and incidents involving the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 Airliner accidents and incidents involving in-flight depressurization Airliner accidents and incidents caused by design or manufacturing errors Airliner accidents and incidents caused by in-flight structural failure Airliner accidents and incidents in Canada 96 Aviation accidents and incidents in the United States in 1972 History of Buffalo, New York 1972 in Detroit History of Windsor, Ontario 1972 in New York (state) June 1972 events in the United States Aviation accidents and incidents in 1972