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		bell-cot on June 13, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-8 Max Experienced Du... For those unfamiliar with Dutch Roll - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_roll Noteworth there: The 2013 fatal crash of a Boeing KC-135R, after its rudder PCU failed. The article places preliminary blame (for the new incident) on the 737-8's rudder PCU. One might wonder about the design, components, and processes commonalities between rudder PCU's for the KC-135R, and 737-8.

banannaise on June 13, 2024 [–]

The 737 rudder PCU also had a defect in the 90s that caused a series of major incidents, although obviously that's been fixed since:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737_rudder_issues

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