On 14 April 1993, upon landing, it was raining at Dallas-Ft Worth International Airport, and there were numerous thunderstorms in the area.All 202 occupants on board survived, with two passengers suffering serious injuries during the emergency evacuation.The National Transportation Safety Board concluded that the cause of the accident was the failure of the captain to use proper directional control technique during the landing roll.The aircraft came to rest along an adjacent taxiway and was steeply tilted to one side, causing some evacuation slides to deploy improperly; during the ensuing emergency evacuation, two passengers fell from the slides, suffering serious injuries.[5][6] The National Transportation Safety Board concluded that the cause of the accident was:[1] At the time flight AA102 landed at DFW Airport, it was raining and there were numerous thunderstorms in the area.
The aircraft being recovered from the runway, as another American Airlines DC-10 takes off