YES IT IS. This man could have put an aircraft into the ground and killed all aboard, as effectively as did the evil Muslim dreck on 9/11. Have we already forgotten? Are we THAT politically correct?
Please do not jump to "confusions." MD-11 was designed and named well after the DC-10's troubles. MD-10 was named such, as the two-person crew airplane made possible by advanced avionics. Both were initiated and developed by the postmerger McDonnell Douglas; hence the "MD." the DC-10 was initiated by predecessor Douglas Aircraft.
In the accompanying video at 0:33 there appears to be an MD-80 with its tail visible in the new American paint scheme, which was something we had believed, confirmed by the airline, that would not happen. Does anyone know the registration or tail number, or have an actual photo of this aircraft?
"...a ground vehicle came in contact with the plane..."
That's like Amtrak Media Relations who, when there is an outright train wreck, says the train "lost contact with the rail."