"Mister Petroni: White Courtesy Phone, Please..... NOW."

And then all the passengers got hit with baggage fees again when they boarded a new plane.

The End.

I was just settling down with my book and I felt the airplane do a very odd maneuver. We could feel the airplane doing something very significant and abnormal.

Uninterestingly written article is uninterestingly written.

Surely, you can't be serious!

Everything is coming up roses

I just want to tell both of you good luck. We're all counting on you.

Trying to land with a stuck rudder is an entirely different kind of flying.

Altogether.

Impressive.

Uninteresting? I thought it was gripping.

Any of you aeronautical farkers like to point us at the report on this incident? I'd be interested in knowing the root cause.

A penguin! And he's been drinking! ...wait a minute...
The Critic (new window)

HF is primitive?

I hear the Dutch have sturdy rudders...

Tillmaster: Uninteresting? I thought it was gripping.

Any of you aeronautical farkers like to point us at the report on this incident? I'd be interested in knowing the root cause.

I thought it was interesting too. But interesting narrative =/= well or compellingly written.

The interesting thing to me was that I actually read the whole article.

JalopFark FTW!!!


Great story though....

And I rudder - I mean shudder - to think how many times we've all been on board a plane and the Captain and staff decide NOT to tell us what's going on (although diverting to a different runway should give you some clues).

I've watched the "Air Emergency" shows on the Discovery (or History, or Travel, or Science...can't recall) channel that showed how close tens of thousands of people have come to their fiery deaths without even knowing.

Scary stuff. Glad this incident was a "one off freak mechanical failure" instead of being a plane that has had numerous reports of failure and they spend 24 months trying to figure it out while they let the planes keep flying.

Tillmaster: Uninteresting? I thought it was gripping.

Any of you aeronautical farkers like to point us at the report on this incident? I'd be interested in knowing the root cause.

I read it earlier today. It was a broken hydraulic pump on the lower tail rudder (the rudder has an upper and lower). It forced the lower rudder into a 17 degree angle that caused the plane to start to bank. Only by forcing the top rudder in the opposite direction were they able to 'straighten' the plane.

The captain was actually in his bunk getting ready to read when the whole event started. It was the 2nd in command that actually saved the plane from its initial death roll. They worked together as a team to get that thing back on the ground.

This thread might go on for awhile. Johnny, how about some more coffee?

I'm sorry, I don't speak jive.

Since he wanted to know what the condition of the rudder was, I am suprised they didn't have another plane intercept them and look. Aren't there military aircraft based at Anchorage that could have been sent up. You would think after 911 they would have had their response time down a bit.

The aeronautical jargon in this thread is getting thicker!

BunkoSquad: Trying to land with a stuck rudder is an entirely different kind of flying.

Altogether.

Trying to land with a stuck rudder is an entirely different kind of flying.

The apparent related NTSB report, for the record. (new window)

When reached for comment, Joe Namath released a small statement commending the pilots for their bravery and courage.

"I want to kiss you"

NTSB Report (new window)

BunkoSquad
The aeronautical jargon in this thread is getting thicker!

And Leon's getting larrrrrrrrger!

arrgh. Didn't notice wonderfish.

FTFA: Former Northwest Airlines Capt. John Hansen flew the airline's Boeing 747 route from Detroit to Toyko for years. In 2002, the plane tried to kill him and 400 passengers. This is the never-before published story of how he saved them.

Who the everliving fark wrote this shiat? Honestly.

I'm a little surprised they didn't send this guy back into the rudder to shut the valve:

a great initial save, a really great landing, and cool and competent heads in between. these guys beat some odds.

Bondith: BunkoSquad
The aeronautical jargon in this thread is getting thicker!

And Leon's getting larrrrrrrrger!

This post made me audibly laugh

Would you like the chicken or the fish?

Barricaded Gunman: Who the everliving fark wrote this shiat? Honestly.

I know right?! I'm sayin'.

But actually, this one's quite accurate. It's going to be adapted soon into a Syfy miniseries about the killer plane.

which goes to show the best definition of flying-------

hours upon hours of sheer boredom interspersed with moments of panic.

Tillmaster: Uninteresting? I thought it was gripping.

Any of you aeronautical farkers like to point us at the report on this incident? I'd be interested in knowing the root cause.

Here's the NTSB report:

Link (new window)
Upshot: "The fatigue fracture of the lower rudder power control module manifold, which resulted in a lower rudder hardover."

I got it from the comments in the article, not a aero-farker.

BunkoSquad: Trying to land with a stuck rudder is an entirely different kind of flying.

Altogether.

Trying to land with a stuck rudder is an entirely different kind of flying.

farquette: I was just settling down with my book and I felt the airplane do a very odd maneuver. We could feel the airplane doing something very significant and abnormal.

Uninterestingly written article is uninterestingly written.

We'll see if we can't get him to bump up his next 400 lives hang in the balance story.

Maybe get Diablo Cody to ghost write the next one.

Sheeeesh.