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Cockpit error sent 737 into Pacific nose dive
Oh! Someone gets to sit at the big table .... and he's the one without the glass of water. The knobs are not even close in shape or size. (www.cbsnews.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Just curious, are controls in a 737 in Japan printed in English or Japanese? If knobs are in English, this could be a problem in a dark or stressful cockpit.
What button do you push to turn a 737 upside down?
The panic button.
What buton to you hit to turn a 737 upside down
Mike Thornton
Mike Thornton
Whether it was an unintended rudder input by the CP as he stretched from his seat to reach the cockpit door or an inadvertent actuation of the wrong cockpit control, I seriously doubt it involves a "murphy" in the design and layout of cockpit controls given the history of rudder problems with the 737 which resulted in record setting lengthy and exhaustive investigation into the causes of at least two fatal crashes: US Air 427 at Pittsburg in 1994 and United 585 at Colorado Springs in 1991. Both crashes involved uncommanded full rudder deflection that exceeded lateral control power at the time when the airplanes were slowed down on final approach for landing.
The airplanes suddenly and unexpectedly rolled to an inverted nose down attitude from which there was no recovery for lack of sufficient altitude. In both cases the cause of the crash was determined to be a faulty rudder actuation system that also produced rudder reversal (rudder deflecting opposite to input) which must have confounded the flight crews as they wrestled in vain to recover. Boeing supposedly corrected the problem.
I think it's fair to say that this ANA mishap involving another 737 is not a recurrence of that airplane's serious rudder problem of the past otherwise we would have heard an entirely different story.
The airplanes suddenly and unexpectedly rolled to an inverted nose down attitude from which there was no recovery for lack of sufficient altitude. In both cases the cause of the crash was determined to be a faulty rudder actuation system that also produced rudder reversal (rudder deflecting opposite to input) which must have confounded the flight crews as they wrestled in vain to recover. Boeing supposedly corrected the problem.
I think it's fair to say that this ANA mishap involving another 737 is not a recurrence of that airplane's serious rudder problem of the past otherwise we would have heard an entirely different story.
Too much sushi the night before.
Glad all turned out well....maybe they can sell the BA how to survive a crash course