Article: NTSB releases report on 1991 crash showing rudder problems at fault.

Article: Wire brush may have caused United Airlines rudder ...
Airline Industry Information;  December 21, 2001 ;     458 words ... ... US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) have suggested that a wire brush left on the cockpit floor of a United Airlines Boeing 737 may have jammed the rudder mechanism, causing the aircraft to bank suddenly while descending to land at Chicago's ...

Article: Safety board: Boeing 737 has lingering rudder ...
The Topeka Capital-Journal;  March 25, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... The Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Va. -- Boeing 737 rudder problems caused two fatal airline crashes and nearly triggered a ... Co. and the Federal Aviation Administration contend the rudder problems are already being eliminated, the National Transportation ...

Article: NO RUDDER PROBLEMS FOUND IN 1,700 737S TESTING OF ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  November 14, 1996 ;     670 words ... ... crashed near Pittsburgh in 1994. Although investigators suspect the rudder could have played a role in both crashes, no cause has yet been determined. Boeing officials maintain there is no evidence that rudder problems caused either crash.

Article: Accident investigators confirm rudder problems in ...
Airline Industry Information;  December 10, 1999 ;     424 words ... ... denying speculation in the media that the crash of a Thai Airways International A310-200 aircraft was caused by aileron and rudder problems, accident investigators have now confirmed the claims. Air Vice Marshal Pahirat Pcachayudh, who is the director of air ...

Article: Viking voyage suffers setback Rudder problems lead ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  August 17, 1997 ;     572 words ... ... the Canadian Coast Guard for a tow back to land. Canadian rescue officials said Saturday the 54-foot Snorri experienced rudder problems and will be towed back to Nuuk, Greenland, where the boat last set sail Aug. 8. "There's no immediate danger at the ...

Article: Viking ship's voyage suffers a setback Rudder ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  August 17, 1997 ;     556 words ...The crew of a Viking ship trying to re-create Leif Ericsson's voyage from Greenland to Canada experienced rudder problems and got some modern help Saturday from a Canadian Coast Guard ship. The Canadian ice breaker began towing the 54-foot ...

Article: RUDDER PROBLEMS STILL DOG 737 JETS TROUBLE ...
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  March 8, 1999 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Dick Foster News Southern Bureau The nation's most popular airliner - the Boeing 737 - is having serious new problems after fixes intended to solve rudder malfunctions suspected of causing two fatal crashes. Two new incidents occurred in late February, within weeks of the eighth anniversary