Cargo plane crashed off Karachi coast

[AZ_HighCountry]

I just remembered, and not to drag the thread OT, one of the commercial fire fighting companies that provides air tanker support to the US Forest Service still operates the DC-9. There is one currently operating out of Prescott Airport in support of the fire north of Sedona, AZ.

 

[mythbuster]

I just remembered, and not to drag the thread OT, one of the commercial fire fighting companies that provides air tanker support to the US Forest Service still operates the DC-9. There is one currently operating out of Prescott Airport in support of the fire north of Sedona, AZ.

DC 9 is a simple and rugged airplane , easy to maintain and easy to repair even by a semi trained mechanic .

 

[PK781]

afew hours ago there was nothing about this on AVHERALD website:

Crash: K2 Cargo B734 over Arabian Sea on Jul 7th 2026, navigation problems, then lost 35000 feet and impacted sea

Aviation Herald - News, Incidents and Accidents in Aviation

avherald.com

 

[Oscar]

DC 9 is a simple and rugged airplane , easy to maintain and easy to repair even by a semi trained mechanic .

Older airframes were generally over engineered compared to bean counter led initiatives later post the 70s fuel crisis