Flight 901 , in conjunction with the crash of American Airlines Flight 191 in Chicago six months earlier ( 25 May ) , severely hurt the reputation of the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 . Following the Chicago crash , the FAA withdrew the DC-10 's type certificate on 6 June , which grounded all U.S.-registered DC-10s and forbade any foreign government which had a bilateral agreement with the United States regarding aircraft certifications from flying their DC-10s , which included Air New Zealand 's seven DC-10s . The Air New Zealand DC-10 fleet was grounded until the FAA measures were rescinded five weeks later , on 13 July , after all carriers had completed modifications that responded to issues discovered from the American Airlines Flight 191 incident
American Airlines Flight 191
American Airlines Flight 191
Air New Zealand Flight 901