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Old 7th November 2003 | 04:42
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concordino
 
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From: Good From Far, Far From Good
Yep,
Back in 1985 (not sure but in the mid eighties) a JAL 747 on a domestic flight suffered an aft bulkhead failure due to pressurization and broke the vertical stabilizer with the rudder.

The plane lost directional and lateral control and crashed into a mountain in Japan.

Sad event but a good example of how rudder could have possibly changed the outcome of things that day.

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