Aerotime

MARCH 28, 2025

Alaska Airlines Flight 261 was one of the worst aviation disasters in modern US history. The trim on the horizontal stabilizer – the rear wing of the aircraft – was not working. No emergency had been declared, so Alaska Airlines Flight 261 was being treated as a regular incoming flight.

Horizontal Stabilizer 284

Horizontal Stabilizer Stability Airlines Airline 284

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 3, 2024

The airlines use their high-fidelity flight simulators to great advantage, and when combined with stick shakers, multicrew flight decks, and low-speed and stall-warning systems, the training is excellent. Not to worry: The airliner you are flying has probably not entered a stall in its entire 20- to 30-year service lifespan.

Airplanes 78

Airplanes Approach Horizontal Stabilizer Pilot 78

Aerotime

JULY 19, 2024

A violent and destructive engine failure on the aircraft, one of United Airlines ’ McDonnell Douglas DC-10s, caused the loss of all standard flight controls through the fracture of all three hydraulic syst ems on the aircraft. While fatalities resulted, the majority of those onboard survived.

Runway 301

Runway Horizontal Stabilizer Airlines Airline 301

Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Suppose the switch is set to taxi, and the aircraft is flying above 40 knots. Logo Lights Logo lights are lights mounted on the horizontal stabilizer of an aircraft and point upward toward the vertical stabilizer, illuminating the airlines logo. These lights are not a legal requirement.

Airplanes 111

Airplanes Horizontal Stabilizer Runway Pilot 111

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Alongside a nearby highway, some recognizable bits of airplane, the vertical stabilizer and rudder, a horizontal stabilizer and elevator, fell separately to Earth. After the military, he joined Hughes Airwest as an airline pilot and settled down with his wife and baby in Boulder City. The pilot died instantly.

True Airspeed 88

True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron 88

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Alongside a nearby highway, some recognizable bits of airplane, the vertical stabilizer and rudder, a horizontal stabilizer and elevator, fell separately to Earth. After the military, he joined Hughes Airwest as an airline pilot and settled down with his wife and baby in Boulder City. The pilot died instantly.

True Airspeed 86

True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron 86