Mayday S11E06 - Turning Point (Northwest Airlines Flight 85)
Mayday (2003)
S11E06 Turning Point (Northwest Airlines Flight 85)
Episode Overview
On October 9, 2002, while flying over the Bering Sea, Northwest Airlines Flight 85 experiences a sudden left deflection of its lower rudder segment. Faced with this critical issue, the pilots manage to divert the plane and execute a successful emergency landing in Anchorage, Alaska, skillfully using engine thrust to maintain control. The event was later determined to be caused by a fatigue failure in the rudder hydraulic control module, leading to a portion of the module's metal casing breaking away.