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NW85

March 19, 2021

A Boeing 747-400 is making an international flight to Japan when the plane starts turning uncommanded. What caused this flight to have to turn back to land in Anchorage, Alaska?

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In Mechanical Failures Tags Northwest Airlines, Flight 85, Rudder Hard-over, 747-400, Alaska, Anchorage
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SLK185

July 27, 2020

A Boeing 737-300 belonging to Silk Air crashes into a river after their take off from Jakarta, Indonesia. Find out the mystery behind this plane’s nose dive into the ground.

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In Intentional Incidents, Unknown, Mechanical Failures Tags SilkAir, Jakarta, Boeing 737, 737-300, Unknown, Pilot Suicide, Rudder Hard-over
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