2004-10-27 04:00:00 PDT Washington-- The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday said the crash of American Airlines Flight 587, the second-worst in American history, was caused by the pilot's ...

SPRINGFIELD, Va. — The world’s most popular commercial aircraft, the Boeing 737, has a design flaw in its rudder system that could cause the plane to roll uncontrollably and crash under certain ...

American Airlines Flight 587 lost its tail and plummeted into a New York neighborhood in November 2001, killing 265 people, because the co-pilot improperly used the rudder to try to steady the plane, ...

Moments after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, an American Airlines pilot pressed hard on rudder pedals to help stabilize the shaking plane from wake turbulence. But instead of ...

In the wake of the American Airlines Flight 587 accident, manufacturers of large transports are scrutinizing the systems that affect pilots' feel of the rudder and limit its travel. Large rudder ...

The headline on a May 29 article about a National Transportation Safety Board recommendation implied that the agency blamed the rudder design for the 2001 crash of American Airlines Flight 587 in New ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Tasmania. Followed categories will be added to My News. The student’s two-bladed rudder design enables their submarine model to make much tighter turns compared to ...