Obama Pitch-Up
The NTSB determined on Sept. 21 that the inflation of a tail-cone evacuation slide and subsequent binding of elevator control cables probably caused the July 7, 2008, uncommanded pitch-up of the Midwest Airlines MD-80 carrying then-Sen. Barack Obama. As the slide inflated inside the tail cone during...
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