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Event LAX84IA040
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DURING PUSHBACK THE RIGHT WINGTIP OF THE BOEING 767 STRUCK THE RUDDER OF A DOUGLAS DC-9 PARKED AT THE ADJACENT GATE. THE B-767 WAS BEING PUSHED BACK BY TWO MECHANICS, ONE ON THETUG & ONE UNDER THE LEFT WING. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
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- NTSB Aircraft Accident Reports 2018 · Accident report
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- NTSB Aircraft Accident Reports 2021 · Accident report
Crash of Atlas Air Flight 3591, Boeing 767-300 (N1217A)
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- arXiv 2026 · arXiv preprint
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- NASA NTRS 2019 · Abstract
Mode Transitions in Glass Cockpit Aircraft: Results of a Field Study
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- NASA NTRS 2019 · Other
Human-Centered Design of Human-Computer-Human Dialogs in Aerospace Systems
A series of ongoing research programs at Georgia Tech established a need for a simulation support tool for aircraft computer-based aids.
- NASA NTRS 2019 · Conference Paper
Hazard evaluation and operational cockpit display of ground-measured windshear data
Information transfer issues associated with the dissemination of wind shear alerts from the ground are studied. The two issues specifically addressed are the effectiveness of different cockpit present…
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