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Mystery Movements by Popular 737 Jet Explored.(Originated from The Charlotte Observer, N.C.)
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, October, 1995 by Kohn, Bernie
Oct. 7--On July 25, federal investigators were checking out reports of a momentary, unintended banking movement that morning on a USAir jet approaching Richmond when they got a message:
Another Boeing 737 operated by USAir, this one on a flight from Memphis to Charlotte, had apparently just done something similar.
It's become a familiar refrain. In the 13 months since a USAir 737-300 mysteriously nosedived over Pittsburgh, killing all 132 people aboard, airlines and pilots have reported about 30 incidents of uncommanded rolling or yawing movements -- left-right shifts -- on 737 jetliners. On large jets like 737s, yawing movements can induce rolling movements.
More of those reports -- about a dozen, according to several knowledgeable sources -- have...
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