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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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Helicopter that crashed in Hudson River not equipped with flight recorders: NTSB

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RELATED Hudson River helicopter crash: what we know so far and who were the victims The agency said that the main fuselage, including the cockpit and cabin, along with the forward portion of the tail boom, the horizontal stabilizer finlets and the vertical fin, have been recovered.

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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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Spotted: Delta’s centenary-liveried A321neo begins ground tests in  Hamburg

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Dirk Grothe Examining photos posted online, the livery incorporates midnight blue and metallic royal blue rear fuselage bands, highlighted in silver, which sweep up the tail. On the vertical stabilizer itself, the iconic Delta widget logo remains, although depicted in silver rather than the usual red hues.

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Air India reveals first Airbus A320neo retrofitted with new livery and interior

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The aircraft originally featured the carriers sunrise livery featuring a predominately white fuselage with a thin red stripe merging into a red tail with the carriers sun logo emerging from the leading edge of the vertical stabilizer. Air India titles in both English and Hindi are featured on either side of the aircraft.

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Examining over 100 years of flight automation and the history of the autopilot

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The 56 aircraft that participated in the 1914 competition presented a wide range of aviation innovations, ranging from assisted starting mechanisms, automatic carburetors, basic stabilization systems, and many other innovations that purported to benefit aviation safety.

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Today in Aviation History: First Flight of the Convair YB-60

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Armed with two 20mm cannons in the tail and capable of carrying up to 72,000 pounds of bombs, the YB-60 had formidable firepower. The YB-60 suffered from flight control and handling issues and lacked the speed and stability of its Boeing counterpart.

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