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> lack of elevator control

This was the case with Ameristar Charters 9363, which aborted after V1:

> [T]he jammed elevator could only be detected once aerodynamic forces came into play — something which would only happen once the plane was already speeding down the runway. The NTSB was forced to come to an incredible conclusion: that there was no way for the pilots to have detected the problem until they attempted to rotate for takeoff.

https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/lesser-of-two-evils-the-...



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