robbedagain
Veteran
My prayers and thoughts are with the families of FLight 427 hard to imagine its been 15 yrs since that accident. May the victims all rest in peace
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IIRC Boeing publicly blamed the pilots, meanwhile behind the scenes they were replacing and modifying the rudder servos on every 737 in the world. You don't spend all that money if it's someone elses fault.I remember the wild rumors about the cause. I remember the hard feelings from people at US (including me) against Boeing as they tried to blame the crew.
They did not replace or modify the rudder assembly and the PCU which was the cause of the fault the PCU and the valve could jam and or reverse and the pilots wouldnt know it, Dave Supplee, A US Airways Mechanic and Flight Safety Head for the IAM was on the NTSB investigation team and explained it during the hearings and if you read the book about 427 would would see that Boeing and Parker Hannifer ran the tests and tried to clear themselves but the investigation proved otherwise.IIRC Boeing publicly blamed the pilots, meanwhile behind the scenes they were replacing and modifying the rudder servos on every 737 in the world. You don't spend all that money if it's someone elses fault.
RIP
Dorf
Wasn't there a lot of debate over the lack of memorial for the crash site outside of a plaque on a rock?
This thread has been up for over 24 hours, and only five follow on comments. Are people's memories really so short? Doesn't anyone else have a memory to share of that awful day?
Thanks, robbed, for starting the topic!