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AQ243

April 21, 2020

An Aloha Airlines 737-200 is doing an island hop from the many islands that make up Hawaii when a structure failure causes an explosive decompression. Find out how maintenance practices and ignorance caused this plane to almost crash on its way to the Maui airport.

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In Mechanical Failures, Company Failures Tags 737-200, Aloha Airlines, Structural Failure, Maui, Hawaii, Maintenance Failure
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UA553

April 7, 2020

As this flight crew is on their approach they crash just miles from the threshold of the runway at Chicago Midway Airport. Find out how this crash embodies many issues in crew resource management and caused the first fatal crash of a Boeing 737.

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In Pilot Failures Tags Crew Resource Management, 737-200, Chicago, Midway Airport, MDA, United Airlines, UA553
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January 28, 2020

A Boeing 737 has an issue with unexpected yaw and roll on their approach to Richmond, Virginia. Finally find out what had caused the series of rudder hard overs in the final part of this series!

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In Mechanical Failures Tags 737-200, Richmond, Virginia, Rudder hard-over, Eastwind
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January 14, 2020

A 737-200 crashes on approach to Colorado Springs, Colorado. Learn more about how this, the first of three accidents, started a ten year investigation into rudder hard overs.

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In Mechanical Failures Tags UA585, Rudder hard-over, Colorado Springs, United Airlines, 737-200
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