Another Boeing Max mishap: NTSB probes 'stuck' rudder pedals on United Airlines flight to New Jersey

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Another Boeing Max mishap: NTSB probes 'stuck' rudder pedals on United Airlines flight to New Jersey

UAL Flight 1539 from the Bahamas to New Jersey experienced stuck rudder pedals during a landing rollout on Feb. 6. The plane was ultimately able to taxi safely.

March 7, 2024, 2:03 PM EST / Updated March 7, 2024, 2:18 PM EST

By Marlene Lenthang and Jay Blackman
An investigation is underway into a Boeing-manufactured United Airlines plane that experienced “stuck” rudder pedals during a landing rollout last month.

Flight 1539, which had flown from Nassau, Bahamas, experienced the mishap after touching down at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey on Feb. 6, according to a National Transportation Safety Board preliminary report released Thursday.

The captain of the Boeing 737-8 aircraft reported that during the landing rollout, which occurs after touchdown and before the plane slows to taxi speed, the rudder pedals did not respond to the application of foot pressure while there was an attempt to “maintain the runway centerline,” the report said. … Instead, the pedals were “stuck” in their neutral position.

“The captain used the nose wheel steering tiller to keep the airplane near the runway centerline while slowing to a safe taxi speed before exiting the runway onto a high-speed turn-off,” the report said.

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