Comment by decimalenough
15 hours ago
TIL about this eerily similar DC-10 crash in 2011:
Shortly after liftoff, 20 feet (6.1 m) above and 7,000 feet (2,100 m) down the runway, the No. 2 engine separated from the wing and struck the No. 1 engine's inlet cowling, causing it to produce drag and reduced thrust. Even with full right aileron and rudder, the plane started to descend and drift to the left. The captain lowered the nose and leveled the wings, which was followed by the plane making multiple contacts with the runway. After touchdown, the plane drifted left and departed the runway, crossing a taxiway before coming to rest in a saltwater marsh. A fire erupted which consumed the top of the cabin and the cockpit. All three crew members survived.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omega_Aerial_Refueling_Service...
Obviously the DC-10 is not the MD-11, but the MD-11 is a direct descendant, including the trijet configuration.
The article you linked is talking about a 707, not a trijet. In particular, engine 2 on the MD-11 is the tail engine, not a wing engine.
...is this a bot comment? The accident you linked is very clearly of a Boeing 707, which has zero relation to a DC-10 and is most decidedly not a trijet.