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Alaska Airlines Flight 261: Investigating what caused the tragedy

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What should have been a routine flight turned into a tragedy after a part of the tail assembly failed. The trim on the horizontal stabilizer – the rear wing of the aircraft – was not working. Then the tone indicating the movement of the horizontal stabilizer sounded.

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FAA mandates CFM56 engine nacelle modifications after fatal Southwest incident  

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According to hr FAA, the use of such brackets can prevent exhaust nozzles from becoming loose or detaching entirely from the engine during catastrophic failures, which can detach and cause further damage to the aircraft fuselage, tail section, or horizontal stabilizer.

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Washington plane crash: critical data rests inside submerged Black Hawk wreckage

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Parts that have been salvaged in the last 48 hours include the right wing, center fuselage, part of the left wing and left fuselage, significant portions of the forward cabin and cockpit, vertical and horizontal stabilizers, tail cone, rudder, elevators, TCAS computer and quick access recorder.

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Saudia transports three Boeing 777s from Jeddah to Riyadh by road 

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AviationWG / X Photos posted on X show the three aircraft with wings, tails, and horizontal stabilizers removed with cranes being used to lift the carcasses of the aircraft onto the trailers for their ignominious final journeys.

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Delta Connection flight received sink rate alert before Toronto Pearson crash

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A large portion of the tail, including most of the vertical stabilizer and the entire horizontal stabilizer, also broke away from the aircraft. As was seen in video footage of the incident the aircraft then began to slide along the runway and rolled to the right until it became inverted.

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Restoration Progress at MAPS Air Museum

Vintage Aviation News

Numerous parts have been fabricated for the outer wing panels, and they will soon be covering the tail control surfaces using a new water-based system.” Additionally, the team has begun laying out the damaged left horizontal stabilizer to assess the necessary repairs.

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Airplane Lights: What Each Light Does (Red/Green, Strobe, Beacon)

Pilot Institute

The white light is located on the aircrafts tail and sometimes additionally on the wingtips, facing backward (aft). 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.

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