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Re: PAX - choose your poison.......Boeing, Russian or Airbus?     

Author: Ned
Date: Jan 22, 2008 22:16

... in our accident report, that can result in the loss of control of the airplane. Although the failure mechanism that we believed led to the crashes of United Airlines flight 585 in 1991 and USAir flight 427 in 1994, and the near loss-of-control of Eastwind Airlines flight 517 in 1996, appears to have been eliminated through a redesigned rudder power control unit, the results of the ETEB ...
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Re: British Airways jets still flying despite fatal fault.     

Author: Paul Nutteing (valid email address in post script )
Date: Jan 19, 2008 00:55

... before the fuselage plummeted into the Rockaway area of Queen's, killing at least 265 people. If wake turbulence was the cause, it would not be the first time. In September 1997 a USAir Boeing 737 crashed near Pittsburgh after it encountered the wake vortices of a preceding jet. The wake turbulence plus anomalies in the rudder were blamed. The investigators are also analysing the A-300'...
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Re: Ten Plane Crashes That Changed Aviation     

Author: aluckyguess
Date: Nov 1, 2007 22:01

.... Post-Aloha, there has been only one American fatigue-related jet accident -- the Sioux City DC-10. 1994 | PITTSBURGH | USAIR FLIGHT 427 Upgrade: Rudder Rx When USAir Flight 427 began its approach to land at Pittsburgh, the Boeing 737 suddenly rolled to the left and plunged 5000 ft. to the ground,...
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Re: Ten Plane Crashes That Changed Aviation     

Author: Bob Gardner
Date: Nov 1, 2007 10:58

...> fatigue-related jet accident -- the Sioux City DC-10. 1994 | PITTSBURGH | USAIR FLIGHT 427 Upgrade: Rudder Rx When USAir Flight 427 began its approach to land at Pittsburgh, the Boeing 737 suddenly rolled to... moved to the full-left position, triggering the roll. But why? USAir blamed the plane. Boeing blamed the crew. It took nearly five ...
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Ten Plane Crashes That Changed Aviation     

Author: Ned
Date: Oct 31, 2007 21:56

... fatigue-related jet accident -- the Sioux City DC-10. 1994 | PITTSBURGH | USAIR FLIGHT 427 Upgrade: Rudder Rx When USAir Flight 427 began its approach to land at Pittsburgh, the Boeing 737 suddenly rolled to the ... moved to the full-left position, triggering the roll. But why? USAir blamed the plane. Boeing blamed the crew. It took nearly five ...
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An Eye (Contact) for an Eye     

Author: Sir Frederick
Date: Feb 8, 2007 11:25

... of a suicide bomber is frequently sent to his or her family, and the Muslim authorities encourage shrines to inspire more suicide bombers. The six Muslim imams who were taken off the USAir flight in Minneapolis have become Islamic heroes in our own country. They insist the airline "discriminated" against them for merely reciting their prayers. Airline employees say the imams were shouting ...
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