Knackerd.
I agree with you that 'Control Surface' may have been a better term but I guess 'flap' will do for the general public don't you think? Second, as far as I can make out from the above it was Liz Verdier, a Boeing Spokeswoman who mentioned Pilot Error -however unlikely that is. Nevertheless, I hope that we won't leave any avenue unexplored to explain this upset though.
What concerns me more is that this may be yet another example of a 737 with a rudder problem. How many more are there that have been diagnosed as Yaw damper problems? Boeing are only starting in [b]2003[\b] to install a modified rudder control system when it is known (suspected??) that there are problems?
Cheers
hicks
[ 18 December 2001: Message edited by: Hicks ]