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[quote="gwillie"]Found this in another forum, posted 22/03:


From Flight International:

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He adds that rudder actuator tests have shown their action was synchronized, and they were undamaged and still in place in the aircraft. [quote] The hinges were also still attached to the aircraft.

As in ...

Yesterday's copy of Flight International says that so far they have not found anything wrong with the actuators or the hinges of the rudder on the Air Transat plane. And no pilot-related rudder movement either. Basically, in their own words, the investigators still have no idea! They have not found ...

Initial examination of the flight recorder has revealed that there was no movement of the rudder during the period prior to seperation.
Investigators are now having the entire vertical stabilizer removed from the aircraft for examination and testing.

Let's assume that there was no rudder movement ...

Even though there is no indication that this was in any way related to the structural failure (above and beyond critical limits BTW) of AA587, it's funny to see people jumping to conclusions. I'll be waiting patiently for the first one to start about the 'plastic rudders' of Airbuses, and how they ...