Boeing warns of 'burnt' pumps on 'DC-10 type' aircraft

Boeing Co. has issued an advisory to operators of "DC-10 type" airplanes about a "recent incident" involving "burnt and charred" wires for an auxiliary hydraulic pump. The company, in the Oct. 6 "incident advisory" to Boeing operators, made no mention of the Sept. 2 crash of a Swissair MD-11 off...

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