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NTSB and FAA ask Airbus for starting technical tests on A-300s' rudders

Washington, USA - An American Airlines' airplane in 1997 experienced hard sudden movements on its yawing axis which are still not clear

US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has asked Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to formally request to Airbus a technical test, regarding a problem occurred in 1997 on an American Airlines' flight when an A-300/600, at a ceiling of 5000 m, began to experience hard, rapid and sudden movements on its yawing axis, so losing height for some 1000 m before its pilot could control again the...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 63994
Rome, Italy, 05/31/2004 15:18
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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