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McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30F

DC10-47921Scrapped

RegistrationUSN601GC

Verified aircraft dataagainst the official civil aviation register

OperatorSun Country Airlines

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McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30F built in 1973 in Long Beach. Operated for Lufthansa, Sun Country Airlines and Gemini Air Cargo. Scrapped.

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Old · 28 years · ≈ 78,400 flight hours (approx.)

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Technical data

ManufacturerMcDonnell Douglas

First flight1973

Built inLong Beach, California (EE. UU.)

Country of registrationEstados Unidos

MSN47921

VerificationIdentity verified against the official register of FAA (United States) · Oct 8, 2026

The model · McDonnell Douglas DC-10

Figures for the DC-10-30 variant, the most representative of the family · it is 53% the length of a football pitch

Length55.4 m182 ft

Wingspan50.4 m165 ft

Height17.6 m58 ft

Range9,630 km5,200 NMWith a typical passenger load

Cruise speed871 km/h470 ktMach 0.82

Service ceiling12,800 m41,995 ftIt flies above Everest (1.4 times its height)

Maximum take-off weight267,619 kg589,998 lb

Maximum payload146,877 kg323,808 lbIts 255 passengers with baggage would weigh about 25.5 t; the rest is fuel and cargo

Typical capacity255 passengersUp to 380 in a high-density layout

Endurance11 h 03 minAt cruise speed, non-stop

With its 9,630 km range, from Miami it could fly non-stop as far as:

ISTIstanbul9,583 km LOSLagos9,052 km FRAFrankfurt am Main7,763 km AMSAmsterdam7,443 km CDGParis (Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise)7,372 km

Beyond its rangeCAICairo10,451 km

The type first flew in 1970 (56 years ago) · About 446 units built · Production ended in 1989

Figures for the type, not for this particular aircraft: each variant and each configuration changes something. They are shown in both systems used in aviation.

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Airports

Airports of the airlines that have operated it

1997–2001Gemini Air Cargo airline base

Base

MIAMiami

Flight logbook

Under research

Aircraft chronology

1973

Built

Assembled by McDonnell Douglas in Long Beach, California (USA).

Nov 12, 1973

Delivered to Lufthansa

Delivered to Lufthansa as D-ADAO.

Jun 6, 1979

Airworthiness directive

On June 6, 1979, the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 aircraft (registration N601GC), was subject to an airworthiness directive due to fatigue cracks in the engine pylon caused by an inadequate maintenance procedure, together with deficiencies in the slat and stall warning systems. Source: la FAA.

Source: la FAA

Dec 1, 1995

Transferred to Sun Country Airlines

Transferred to Sun Country Airlines.

Apr 22, 1997

Transferred to Gemini Air Cargo

Transferred to Gemini Air Cargo.

Oct 1, 2000

Incident at Shannon (SNN) Airport

On October 1, 2000, the McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 aircraft (registration N601GC), operated by Gemini Air Cargo, was involved in an incident at Shannon (SNN) Airport (Ireland) due to a bird strike. Source: Gemini Air Cargo.

Source: Gemini Air Cargo

Sep 11, 2001

Grounded after 9/11

On September 11, 2001, the DC10-30F aircraft (registration N601GC), operated by Sun Country Airlines, was in the news. Source: the FAA (United States).

What happened

On 11 September 2001, after the attacks with hijacked aircraft on the Twin Towers in New York and the Pentagon, the FAA ordered — for the first time in history — the complete closure of United States airspace (the SCATANA plan): all civil aviation was told to land immediately, and by midday the American sky was clear. Around 240 international flights bound for the United States were diverted to Canada — Operation Yellow Ribbon, with more than 30,000 passengers. Airspace reopened gradually from 13 September, by then under new security measures. Source: the FAA (United States).

Source: FAA

Operators

1973-11-12

Lufthansa

Registration D-ADAO

1995-12-01

Sun Country Airlines

Registration N601GC

1997-04-22

Gemini Air Cargo

Registration N601GC

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BibTeX

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