BTW Not to leave the CAL folks out of history.

In the same era of the UAL DC8 a retiring CAL Captain aborted a TO in LAX for a blown tire (correct me please for the reason if I'm wrong) on his retirement flight in a DC10. The airplane left the pavement and damaged the fuel tank with a fire quickly following.

The flight attendants multiple times disarmed doors causing delays in evacuation with the finale PAX and Crew exiting the burning airplane via the cockpit windows and ropes. Because of this accident and crew failures the UAL FAs even today do not disarm and open doors as a normal practice. Think motor memory skills when the proverbial stuff hits the fan. "I always disarm before opening the door."

Of course today I believe its the pilots, who can open the doors, whom cause the majority of the accidental slide deployments.