Continental Airlines Flight 603 was a scheduled McDonnell Douglas DC-10 flight between Los Angeles International Airport and Honolulu International Airport. On March 1, 1978, it crashed during an aborted takeoff, resulting in the deaths of four passengers.

On March 1, 1978, a Continental Airlines McDonnell-Douglas DC-10, operating as Flight 603, overran the runway at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) during an attempted rejected takeoff (RTO). At the time of the accident, the runway surface was wet, although the surface is also grooved to aid in wet runway braking.

On March 1, 1978, a Continental DC 10 crash occurred on the runway at LAX. Our brave Los Angeles firefighters saved many lives that day.

Los Angeles was one of the first cities to host the DC-10 due to its high market status and saw the plane used on flight from LAX to Denver, Chicago, Houston, and Honolulu. Rolling for take-off on Runway 24 Left is N98046, a Douglas DC-10-10, delivered …

Here you see an American DC-10 on short final to Runway 25L at LAX. When crossing the threshold the decision is made to go around, it's unclear if it was the...

2024年8月29日 · The DC-10 then entered service with AA on August 5 between Chicago (ORD) and Los Angeles (LAX). McDonnell Douglas (McD) produced the DC-10 in three basic models. The Series 10 was built to operate on domestic routes with a …

2014年2月20日 · My first intercontinental flight was on an SAS DC-10 from LAX to Copenhagen. It took me to Hawai’i on more airlines than I can count. In fact, my last DC-10 ride was on Hawaiian Air.

2016年5月24日 · The DC-10 stopped about 664ft beyond runway's end. In the linked below thread, fellow member CF-CPI says: "As I recall, CO was using retreaded tires, a factor which contributed to the blowout.

A Continental DC-10 on its way to Honolulu with 197 passengers and crew crashed on takeoff Wednesday killing two passengers and injuring at least 40 others, five of those critically. These were the first fatalities at the LAX proper in its 50-year history.

2002年10月2日 · The leg into LIH was direct from LAX, but the return had to be routed with a stopover in HNL for fuel and passengers because LIH's runway isnt long enough for a fully fueled and full passenger load DC-10 to takeoff. There was another airline, I think SkyService that flew into LIH with DC-10's in the past, but could be wrong.