TESTS SHOW RUDDER PCU OPERATED NORMALLY
Tests conducted by Boeing engineers indicate the main rudder power control unit (PCU) on USAir Flight 427 was operating normally when the aircraft crashed. The PCU ``did what it was commanded to do,'' Paul Cline said. He is a hydraulics and flight control system engineer for the Boeing Commercial...
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