Aircraft
The aircraft, a DC-10 Series 10 (production designation "Ship 29") was built in Long Beach, California as N1337U, meaning it was originally to be delivered to United Airlines, but the airline did not take delivery. Instead, it was leased to Turkish Airlines on December 10, 1972 as TC-JAV. The DC-10 involved in the crash of Flight 981 had 12 six-abreast first-class seats and 333 nine-abreast economy seats, a total of 345 passenger seats.
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