American Airlines Flight 587 crashed into a Queens, N.Y.
American Airlines Flight 587 crashed into a Queens, N.Y., neighborhood because the airplane's vertical stabilizer separated in flight as a result of aerodynamic loads that were created by the first officer's excessive rudder pedal inputs after the aircraft encountered wake turbulence, according to a...
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