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Subject: Re: Co-pilot error caused AA 587 crash Posted on: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 04:37:29 +0100

running with scissors wrote:

> Pooh Bear wrote in message news:<418180D5.3582A479@hotmail.com>...
>
> It
> > was the repeated application of full rudder in opposite directions that was the
> > problem.
>
> was it ?

I recall seeing some graphical data about the forces acting on the tail whilst the rudder was being 'waggled'
as John Mazor neatly puts it.

There was a steady build up of force until it finally significantly exceeded the ultimate design strength.


Graham