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 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Va. — The world’s most popular commercial aircraft, the Boeing 737, has a design flaw in its rudder system that could cause the plane to roll uncontrollably and crash under certain ...

WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration announced Thursday that it will order a redesign of vital controls on the world’s workhorse airliner--the Boeing 737--to prevent an elusive failure ...

The headline on a May 29 article about a National Transportation Safety Board recommendation implied that the agency blamed the rudder design for the 2001 crash of American Airlines Flight 587 in New ...

SPRINGFIELD, Va. — Federal investigators probing a 1994 USAir crash that killed 132 cast doubt on the safety of the world’s most widely used commercial aircraft yesterday, suggesting that the Boeing ...

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 ...

W A S H I N G T O N, Sept. 14 -- The world’s most popular airliner will undergo a major re-design to enhance safety, the Federal Aviation Administration announced today. The FAA also will require new ...