NTSB adopts rudder-blanking recommendations after Delta investigation

Credit: NTSB
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommends the FAA, Boeing and airlines explore and mitigate a relatively obscure directional-control problem linked to aircraft with tail-mounted engines. The action came as the board held its final hearing into the March 5, 2015, runway excursion...

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