Federal officials said Thursday they are investigating an unusual rolling motion on a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Max
The FAA said the plane went into a “Dutch roll,” the name given to the combination of a yawing motion when the tail slides and the plane rocks from wingtip to wingtipA Boeing 737 Max suffered damage to parts of the plane's structure after it went into a “Dutch roll” during aStreaming 24/7: Watch NBC 5 local news and weather for free wherever you are
Pilots train to recover from a Dutch roll, and most modern planes include a device called a yaw damper that can correct the situation by adjusting the plane's rudder. Asaid that after the Southwest plane landed, damage was discovered to a unit that controls backup power to the rudder.
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