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This reminded me of the Yak-42 jackscrew failure due to a design defect, which caused a crash killing 132 onboard in 1982 [1]. The entire fleet was grounded for
by georgecmu 8y ago
This reminded me of the Yak-42 jackscrew failure due to a design defect, which caused a crash killing 132 onboard in 1982 [1]. The entire fleet was grounded for more than two years until the full investigation was completed and the defect was fixed. Three design engineers were convicted.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_8641 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_8641
- hopler 8y agoConvicted of what? Smells like scapegoating. "The investigation concluded that among the causes of the crash were poor maintenance, as well as the control system of the stabilizer not meeting basic aviation standards”
- kortilla 8y agoProbably this: >the control system of the stabilizer not meeting basic aviation standards
- oldgradstudent 8y agoMaybe the FAA should study how Soviet authorities responded to a crash of a new type of aircraft? > Operation of the entire fleet of Yak-42 aircraft until the elucidation of the causes of the disaster and the elimination of the identified deficiencies was suspended until 1984.
- dralley 8y agoSo long as they don't follow the lead of Soviet authorities in charge of the nuclear power industry.
- masonic 8y agoIt made me think of the horizontal stabilizer jackscrew jam on Alaska Airlines 261[0], but I misremembered that as a 737 rather than a MD-83. SF radio personality Cynthia Oti was among the passengers. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Airlines_Flight_261 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Airlines_Flight_261