Related Accidents
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- 1974-03-03 Turkish Airlines Flight 981 (cargo door failure, caused severing of essential flight control cables).
- 1979-04-04 TWA Flight 841 (1979) (Improper manipulation of flaps/slats by pilots; the plane high dived from 39,000 ft. to 5,000 ft, in 63 seconds. Landed safely.)
- 1985-08-12 Japan Airlines Flight 123 (Improper repair caused bulkhead explosion, which severed all hydraulic flight control lines)
- 1989-07-19 United Airlines Flight 232 (Catastrophic engine failure caused loss of all 3 hydraulic flight control lines)
- 1994-06-30 1994 A330 test flight crash (Control was lost after the pilot shut down one engine, close to the ground, during a certification test flight)
- 1994-09-08 USAir Flight 427 (Control lost when the rudder PCU malfunctioned, causing the rudder to move in the opposite direction, commanded by the pilot)
- 1994-10-31 American Eagle Flight 4184 While in a holding pattern, extensive ice accumulation produced a sudden reversal of the aileron controls, causing the plane to upset and dive into the ground.
- 1994-12-11 Philippine Airlines Flight 434
- 2001-11-12 American Airlines Flight 587
- 2003-11-22 DHL Baghdad incident
- 2005-03-06 Air Transat Flight 961
- 2007-01-01 Adam Air Flight 574
- 2009-02-12 Colgan Air Flight 3407
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