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Originally Posted by Real Dodger
Of course, there is the stripped thread on a jackscrew on the MD 80 rudder, caused a horrible crash, but it not befuddle a drunk Denzel Washington in the movie "Flight".
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That was incorrect maintenance, they hadnt greased the jackscrew and the final electrical movement of the jammed pressure-off brake led to the rapid
stripping of the threads. And this wasnt the rudder but the vertical stabilizers.