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LN-MOW
09-09-2010, 14:30
Interessant historie ...

http://jalopnik.com/5629528/how-i-saved-a-747-from-crashing?skyline=true&s=i

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.

Hansen told the story in a 2006 court hearing, and the version below is his own words edited from the transcript. After taking off from Detroit in October 2002 and reaching the halfway point over the Bering Sea, Hansen and his co-pilot were retiring to the crew bunk while the other two officers took over for the remainder of the trip:

KjetilK
09-09-2010, 23:03
Interessant! Står det noe mer noe sted om hva som var feil?

Keypoint
09-09-2010, 23:09
Fra NTSB:

http://www.fss.aero/accident-reports/dvdfiles/US/2002-10-09-US.pdf

NTSB short summary:

The fatigue fracture of the lower rudder power control module manifold, which resulted in a lower rudder hardover.

Godt jobba!

LNv22
09-09-2010, 23:58
God lesing! Takk for den.