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Old 7th May 2015, 06:19
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stilton
 
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That fin seems pretty strong.


The old Northwest had an incident with a 744 in cruise flight where the rudder jammed hardover and they had to land like that.


Used differential thrust I think, did a good job, not sure if it was the lower or upper rudder but the fin stayed on !
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