Video: 'Plane Crash Turkish Airlines flight 981 Dc 10'

(Sunday, March 3, 1974, at around 12:30 p.m. CET) — A Turkish Airlines DC-10 crashed shortly after takeoff from Orly Airport in Paris today, killing all 346 people on board. A faulty cargo door had blown open, resulting in sudden decompression that caused part of the jetliner’s floor to collapse, severely damaging the plane’s control cables