Ironically , the crash of yet another DC-10 , United Airlines Flight 232 , ten years later , restored some of the aircraft 's reputation . Despite losing an engine , all flight controls , crash-landing in a huge fireball ( which was caught on video by a local news crew ) , and killing 111 people , 185 people survived the accident . Experts praised the DC-10 's sturdy construction as partly responsible for the high number of survivors . Despite initial safety concerns , DC-10 aircraft continued to serve with passenger airlines for over 30 years after the crash of Flight 191 . DC-10 production ended in 1988 . Many retired passenger DC-10s have since been converted to all-cargo use . DC-10 freighters , along with its derivative , the MD-11 , constitute part of the FedEx Express fleet . The DC-10s have been upgraded with the glass cockpit from the MD-11 , thereby turning them into MD-10s . American Airlines retired its last DC-10s in 2000 after 29 years of service . In February 2014 , Biman Bangladesh Airlines operated the final DC-10 passenger flights . DC-10s continue to be used extensively in air freight operations , and military variants also remain in service
United Airlines Flight 232
United Airlines Flight 232
American Airlines Flight 191