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...Tuesday. The agency's action followed its investigation into two fatal air crashes, the 1994 crash of a USAir flight outside Pittsburgh and the 1991 crash of a United Airlines flight outside Colorado Springs. The board determined that a mechanical problem probably caused the crashes when the airliner rudder reversed, and recommended that the problem be fixed by making the rudder system redundant. "It's about time," says TIME reporter Jerry Hannifin...
More than 3,100 Boeing 737's are currently in service worldwide. Over the years, says Hannifin, "there have been dozens and dozens of pilot reports and complaints about rudder problems." Some safety changes were made as a result of the complaints, including new equipment and better pilot training, but these were simply "Band-Aid fixes," says Hannifin, adding: "The real question here is why today's recommendations were not mandated by the government at least four years ago." Critics of the government and the industry wonder whether money is not behind the delay. Not only will reengineering the rudder...
...looked as if Autissier might fare better this year. Despite early damage to her keel, mast and rudder, she had claimed the lead as the remaining 11 boats set out for Cape Horn and Uruguay. Hoping to gain time, Autissier opted for a southern route through what navigators call the Screaming 50s because of the violence of the seas. But one day as she was studying weather maps below, the autopilot misread the wind. The boat veered sharply and rolled over so quickly that Autissier barely had time to seal the cabin. "Everything was a wreck," she later told TIME...
...next weekend did not turn out as well, however. Harvard broke its rudder and ended up losing to both Princeton and Yale at the double-duel regatta between the three schools. After a two-week break in its racing schedule, Harvard set out for Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass. to compete in Eastern Sprints. The crew was ahead for the first 1950 meters of the 2000 meter race, but was passed by Princeton in the sprint...
Second runner-up Christian T. Rudder '98 won $500 for his project "Simple Stocks," a computer program designed to help consultants clarify their clients' stock information...