Travel Safety: Pilots Cautioned on Rudder Pressure

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Pilots Cautioned on Rudder Pressure

WASHINGTON (AP) - With pilots ready to aggressively handle aircraft to thwart hijackings, aviation safety officials warned Friday that certain rarely used steering maneuvers could "catastrophically" damage planes.

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Pilots Cautioned on Rudder Pressure

WASHINGTON (AP) - With pilots ready to aggressively handle aircraft to thwart hijackings, aviation safety officials warned Friday that certain rarely used steering maneuvers could "catastrophically" damage planes.

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Doomed US jet's tail fin likely under stress-probe

WASHINGTON, Feb 8 (Reuters) - The tail fin of an American Airlines (NYSE:AMR - news) jet was likely under enormous stress before it snapped off the aircraft, which then plunged into a New York neighborhood last year, killing 265 people, investigators said on Friday.

Preliminary engineering and other analysis of the crash of Flight 587 last Nov. 12 shows the Airbus A300-600 was moving straight at 290 mph (465 kph) with its nose pointing 10 degrees left of center. In addition, the plane's rudder was deflected to the right.

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Doomed US jet's tail fin likely under stress-probe

WASHINGTON, Feb 8 (Reuters) - The tail fin of an American Airlines (NYSE:AMR - news) jet was likely under enormous stress before it snapped off the aircraft, which then plunged into a New York neighborhood last year, killing 265 people, investigators said on Friday.

Preliminary engineering and other analysis of the crash of Flight 587 last Nov. 12 shows the Airbus A300-600 was moving straight at 290 mph (465 kph) with its nose pointing 10 degrees left of center. In addition, the plane's rudder was deflected to the right.