NTSB Seeks Design Fix of A300-600 Rudder Travel Limiter

Credit: BILL HOUGH
The NTSB's recommendations calling for a redesign of the Airbus A300-600 rudder travel limiter rise from a 1997 upset incident involving American Airlines Flight 903--and are unrelated to the airline's 2001 Flight 587 accident, say parties close to both probes. Flight 903 was considered an inflight...

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