Pilots Fight Hardover Rudder to Regain Control of Aircraft

Gustavo Sorola and Chris Demarais investigate what happened to Northwest Airlines Flight 85 that caused the plane to get stuck in a hard left bank over the Bering Sea. Find out how the flight crew managed to fight an unresponsive rudder and if they managed to make it back to the ground safely on this episode of Black Box Down. This episode is sponsored by Green Chef, go to with code blackboxdown60 for 60% off and free shipping, and Shady Rays, go to and use code BLACKBOXDOWN for 50% off 2 or more pairs of polarized sunglasses. Find us on social media and buy our merch here! Go to blackboxdownpod.com to support us directly! Download the public audio version: Already a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This episode is 49:56 long.

This episode was published on May 4, 2023.

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