Pilots Fight Hardover Rudder to Regain Control of Aircraft

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May 4, 202349:56Society & Culture

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 unr...

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