Former TWA Pilot Says Boeing, NTSB Covering Up Rudder Problems

Former TWA captain H.G. (Hoot) Gibson said Friday that he believes that rudder problems that caused his 727 to go into a six-mile spiral dive in 1979 were responsible for the crash of a United 737 in Colorado Springs and a USAir 737 near Pittsburgh. He petitioned the U.S. appeals court in Washington...

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