2004-10-27 04:00:00 PDT Washington-- The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday said the crash of American Airlines Flight 587, the second-worst in American history, was caused by the pilot's ...

A rudder looks simple, but the physics behind it are anything but. This video breaks down how water flow, pressure differences, and modern rudder designs turn massive ships, from basic flat boards to ...

American Airlines Flight 587 lost its tail and plummeted into a New York neighborhood in November 2001, killing 265 people, because the co-pilot improperly used the rudder to try to steady the plane, ...

Moments after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, an American Airlines pilot pressed hard on rudder pedals to help stabilize the shaking plane from wake turbulence. But instead of ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - The FAA has required a design change and repairs that affect one of Gulfstream's most popular private jets. In a proposed rule released Monday, the FAA says Gulfstream's G-650 ...

For several years Rolls-Royce has been using its design and test facilities to study the interactions between hull, propeller and rudder. The result is an innovative Rolls-Royce propulsion system, ...

Your analysis of the US National Transportation Board papers on the American Airlines AA587 accident (Flight International, 9-15 March) fails to make clear increasingly muddy waters. For clarity it is ...

Following the USA's proposal to make compulsory a complete rudder control system retrofit on the nation's 2,000 Boeing 737s, owners of all 4,500 737s worldwide will be under pressure to do the same.

In the wake of the American Airlines Flight 587 accident, manufacturers of large transports are scrutinizing the systems that affect pilots' feel of the rudder and limit its travel. Large rudder ...