US investigators have concluded that excessive rudder-pedal input during an Airbus A321’s take-off run from New York JFK caused a sharp roll upon rotation and resulted in the left wing-tip striking ...
Similar circumstances between the November 2001 crash of an American Airlines Airbus A300 and a January 2008 in-flight upset of an Air Canada Airbus A319 have prompted US safety officials to urge EASA ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rudder systems on certain Boeing 737 Max aircraft could be compromised due to faulty rollout guidance actuators, the National ...
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued urgent safety recommendations on Thursday to Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in response to the potential for a jammed or ...
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued urgent safety recommendations on Thursday to Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in response to the potential for a jammed or ...
The rudder's primary purpose is to counteract "adverse yaw," a drag-induced yaw caused by aileron deflection during a roll, not to help turn the aircraft. A dangerous misconception is that the rudder ...
FAA-mandated inspections of Airbus A300-600 series and A310 aircraft with composite vertical stabilizers were underway last week while American Airlines Flight 587 accident investigators eyed rudder ...
Sept. 26 (UPI) --The National Transportation Safety Board Thursday issued "urgent" safety recommendations warning of the potential for rudder control system problems on some Boeing 737-MAX aircraft.