The turnbuckles jammed the elevator - did they make it to level flight?
A commuter turboprop is overloaded and its elevator jammed-can the pilots overcome and make it to level flight?The turnbuckles jammed the elevator - did they make it to level flight?In this episode, we follow the moments before Air Midwest Flight 5481 departed Charlotte on a short commuter run and the hidden failures that set the stage for catastrophe. It lays out the maintenance error and the outdated passenger-weight assumptions that combined to create an invisible threat - did routine checks miss the danger?Person: Captain Catherine "Katie" Leslie, 25, 1,865 hours with Air MidwestPerson…
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