[1]:33. 7 slat which, when combined with the cruise condition airloads, precluded retraction of that slat. En route stops were scheduled at Athenai Airport in Athens, Greece, ^ ^ TLLLHA J A JL^UJ l U n U M A I . ''He feels that his peers do not believe him. Despite the best efforts of the flight crew, the aircraft spiraled out of control; Gibson shouted, "We're going over!". Since the investigation community hadn't reviewed that letter sent to only the mishap-pilot, press never presented any "news" discussing that 1995 cover-up, and investigative-fraud. During a flight from JFK International Airport to Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, TWA 841, a Boeing 727, deployed one of its slats while cruising at 39,000 feet.This, as some of you will know, is very bad. On April 4, 1979, a Boeing 727-31 (tail number N840TW) operating as TWA Flight 841 took off from John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York City, en route to in [ [Minneapolis, Minnesota}Minneapolis]], Minnesota. In trying to correct the turn, Gibson said, he found the controls did not respond properly. Investigators of the 1974 flight had only about 2,500 pounds of debris to work with, far less than has already been found from TWA's Flight 800. Barry Werth, 31 Days: Gerald Ford, The Nixon Pardon and a Government in Crisis (New York: Anchor Books). He was the one, so the story went, who in 1979 caused a Boeing 727 to fall out of the sky and plunge 34,000 feet in 44 seconds, risking the lives of 82 passengers, by playing around with circuit breakers in the cockpit. The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the plane was destroyed by a bomb hidden in the cargo hold. While cruising at 39,000 feet a TWA Boeing 727 suddenly rolled and dived 34,000 feet in 63 seconds. The initial investigation was thus limited (no NTSB Go Team was available on scene). 25Jul79 -- Performance Group Factual Report completed . "[4] Later, the National Transportation Safety Board determined that the plane was indeed destroyed by a bomb hidden in the cargo hold, which caused structural failure resulting in uncontrollable flight. The TWA Flight 841 had stopped in Athens for 68 minutes and then departed for Rome. The detonation of the bomb destroyed the systems responsible for operating the plane's control surfaces, causing the plane to pitch up until it stalled and dove into the sea.[2][3]. The company said it sold plane N840TW several years ago and would not disclose who is now using it. [6], For the 1979 accident with the same flight number, see, N8734, the Boeing 707-331B involved in the accident. On September 8, 1974, a Boeing 707-331B (registered N8734) operating as TWA Flight 841 from Tel Aviv to New York City via Athens and Rome crashed into the Ionian Sea, killing all aboard. His enthusiasm for aviation news and wealth of experience lends itself to some excellent insight, with his work cited in Forbes amongst other publications. [citation needed] The crash occurred about 50 nautical miles west of Cephalonia, Greece. [6][14] Both petitions were rejected: the former for lack of new evidence, and the latter for lack of jurisdiction due to the NTSB's "unreviewable discretion". During the test flight, the affidavit says, the pilot encountered serious problems controlling the aircraft-problems that were similar to what Gibson encountered two years later on Flight 841 before the plane went into its dive. This feature can be activated only after the aircraft is on the ground with its parking brake engaged. [citation needed] The crash occurred about 50 nautical miles west of Cephalonia, Greece.[3]. However, in this instance, he could not recall having done so. The airline's Tel Aviv office said 49 passengers boarded the plane there for Rome and the . On Sunday morning, September 8th, 1974, the plane arrived in Athens after an uneventful flight from Tel Aviv. Although the reasons for the accident are still discussed only as likelihoods, it is agreed that the pilot, Harvey S. Gibson of Las Vegas, saved the passengers and five other crew members on the New YorkMinneapolis flight from certain death by dropping his landing gear as the plane plunged, producing enough drag to slow it down and allow him to level off. Now focusing their attention on the possibility that the slat may have been extended during the flight. The experience left the flight's 80 passengers shaken, bruised . Eight passengers reported minor injuries related to high g-forces. During the dive, Captain Gibson got so desperate to save the plane that he began moving his control column from all the way left to all the way right, then all the way forward and all the way back, but his efforts were fruitless. The NTSB staff violated their own rules . But the story doesn't end thereThis episode has now been shown but is available to watch on catch-up. According to the affidavit, Williams flew plane N840TW on a test flight May 23, 1977. No fatalities occurred among the 82passengers and 7crew members. This setting for this NTSB "depositional proceeding" violated NTSB's Order 6230.18, dated 27Sep78, which required the deposition site "shall be chosen carefully to create an informal environment and not take on either appearance or formality of a hearing." The earlier jet fell in much deeper water, and most . The mishap-Captain was presented with the answer a week lateran FAA employee had reported that it was the captain himself who had made that claim. All 92 aboard, 85 passengers and seven crew members, were killed. TWA Flight 841 was a domestic, scheduled passenger flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, en route to Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Yesterday was the thirty-fourth anniversary of TWA Flight 841. She, too, was certain that death was upon her. Le Duc Tan, a ranger in the South Vietnamese army . (N840TW's sensing inputs, for the CVR's bulk-erase field activation, were never examined, nor did NTSB do any bench-test of the CVR). NTSB asked Boeing to correlate their Boeing simulation trials with mishap- FDR data, and asked for answers to dozens of questions, and NTSB then explicitly asked Boeing for their suggestion of the "probable conditions during maneuver that would cause simultaneous/ sequential separation of Slat, Flap Canoe, #10 Spoiler correlation with trajectories to ground locations where parts were found." The DC-9 involved seen in 1993, in service with USAir. : 1 All 230 people on board died in the crash; it is the third . Boeing concluded that the number seven slat had failed because it had been extended while the aircraft was flying at cruising speed. TWA Flight 841 was a domestic, scheduled passenger flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, en route to MinneapolisSaint Paul International Airport in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In June 1981, after the lengthiest investigation in aviation history, the National Transportation Safety Board said it had found nothing structurally wrong with the aircraft and blamed Gibson and the cockpit crew. . Rohlfing said TWA never notified pilots of the occurrence. Flaps and slats were only intended to be deployed at low speeds during takeoff and landing. Suspicion immediately focused on the Abu Nidal terrorist organization, the most ruthless of all the Palestinian terrorist groups. Rohlfing said the plane is being used for cargo runs. He feels that 80 to 85 percent of the pilots on the line think the (Flight 841 crew) were screwing around with the controls.'' Explosive Proof: Directed by Tim Wolochatiuk. However, 21 minutes of the 30-minute tape were blank. 6Jun79Technical meeting at Boeing. NTSB tests showed that while cruising at 39,000 feet, a right roll develops when the number seven slat is extended while all the other leading-edge devices remain retracted. The special won a Peabody Award in 1983. South Lebanon was also referred to as Fatahland, due to the almost complete control of Fatah and other military Palestinian organizations over this officially Lebanese area, which they used to stage attacks against Israel, mainly targeting civilians, and to engage in international airflight terror campaign. 7 slat precipitated control problems that culminated in a loss of control.". . 2, 3, 6 and 7 leading edge slats and the subsequent retraction of the Nos. 02"vor" All pilots in that era erased the CVR after each flight, it was routine procedure, in fact called for on the parking checklist by some airlines. Everybody was. The latter is decidedly less morbid. Turkish Airlines Flight 301 was a passenger flight operated by a Fokker F28-1000 Fellowship of Turkish Airlines registered as TC-JAO that crashed during takeoff at zmir Cumaovas Airport on 26 January 1974 while en route to Istanbul Yeilky Airport (IST/LTBA), killing 66 of its 73 passengers and crew.. Among pilots and flight attendants his name always . [5], In January 2009, the Associated Press published an investigation saying that Khalid Duhham Al-Jawary, responsible for the 1973 New York City bomb plot, was linked to the bombing of TWA Flight 841. The story of how a Palestinain terrorist group brought down an American airliner. The bomb . They included 17 Americans (plus a baby), 13 Japanese, four Italians, four French, three Indians, two Iranians, two Israelis, two Sri Lankans, an Australian and a Canadian. Trans World Airlines Flight 514, registration N54328, was a Boeing 727-231 en route from Indianapolis, Indiana and Columbus, Ohio to Washington Dulles International that crashed into Mount Weather, Virginia, on Sunday, December 1, 1974. 17Jan80 -- NTSB issued Safety Recommendation A-80-8 (the formal letter dated 21Jan80): " Safety Board believes that an extended No. That gave us time to think, Mrs. Merrill said. Travelling at almost the speed of sound, the landing gear is lowered in an attempt to slow the plane down. The report indicates most of the passengers were incapacitated when the aircraft landed anyway so the aircraft was pretty much doomed the moment the fire started. "Safety Board Hints Crew Errors May Have Led to Jet Dive Over Michigan. ", Witkin, Richard. [7], After eliminating all individual and combined sources of mechanical failure, the NTSB ruled that the extension of the slats was due to the flight crew manipulating the flap/slat controls in an inappropriate manner. Captain Gibson's inputs had no effect as the plane very quickly began a steep roll to the right. About 30 minutes after takeoff, the plane crashed into the Ionian Sea. Following a 68-minute refueling stop and more passengers boarding, the plane took off on the second leg of its journey at 09:14 GMT. Two of the attackers were killed, while a third, Kz Okamoto . 6Feb1980, Letter: ALPA's President wrote NTSB's Chairman: 21Mar1980 -- letter from NTSB Chairman J. . Several passengers told of feeling pressure and of an inability to draw breath as the plane accelerated wildly. The flight crew of Pan American Airways Flight 110, also a Boeing 707 en route eastbound from Rome to Beirut, was in the vicinity of the TWA aircraft at a cruising altitude of 33,000 feet. Hijack. Gibson insisted he had done nothing wrong, and no disciplinary action was ever taken against him, neither by TWA nor by the Federal Aviation Administration. So when Dave Haase, one of the members of the TWA accident investigative team working on TWA 841, wanted to share his thoughts about the investigation, I was more than happy to give him this forum. The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the plane had been destroyed by a bomb hidden in the cargo hold. Despite the lengthy safety board investigation and nearly 20 civil suits filed by Flight 841 passengers, information about the test flight was never disclosed by TWA, according to John Rohlfing, a TWA pilot and chairman of the union`s TWA accident investigation committee. The Captain wondered: Who is it that claims that our Flight Engineer had departed the cockpit (and returned) just before the sudden rolling motion? He suggests that there were other incidents of 727-200s with uncommanded slat extensions in the years prior to and after the accident (page 224). July 30, 1992 TWA Flight 843. Keywords: 910408 04/04/1979 Saginaw MICHIGAN AAR8108 Pub Created Date: 8/4/2010 10:16:39 AM . 2006, p. 324-5. It works, and an emergency landing is planned at Detroit. On board were several supervisors. ''It`s unpleasant enough that I try not to think about it,'' said Gibson, who grew up on the family farm in Earlville, Ill., about 75 miles west of Chicago. ''It never occurred to me that they would have tested this very same plane and found similar happenings and not tell us about it,'' said Landon Dowdey, a Washington lawyer who represented Gibson during the safety board`s investigation. May 5, and May 7, 1979Two sessions of simulator trials, done in Seattle using Boeing's engineering simulator, with Boeing test pilots. Formed in 1974 after a split from Yasser Arafat's Fatah, Abu Nidal carried out the Rome and Vienna airport attacks on December 27, 1985. The Tilt/Turn-table simulated roll-angles 360-degrees, and pitch angles (previously derived from Boeing Simulator trials]. 8:06. At 8:25p.m. EST, TWA Flight 841 departed JFK International after a 45-minute delay due to traffic congestion and reached its initial cruising altitude of 35,000feet at 8:54p.m. Due to a 100-knot headwind, the pilots requested to climb to 39,000feet at 9:25p.m., which was granted. Upon departing Columbus, the three-engine jetliner carried 85 passengers and a crew of seven. The plane started to plunge and turn, the noise got louder and louder and the whole plane was shaking. September 1979 -- The NTSB's IIC Dean Kampschror was interviewed by a reporter from _Aviation Consumer_. This had no effect so Gibson disconnected the autopilot and applied full left aileron which had no effect. As the aircraft reached 80 . ", Witkin, Richard. I screamed for help and then I couldn't draw another breath, she said. According to an affidavit filed with the petition, the same plane that Gibson flew on Flight 841, N840TW, was used in 1977 on a TWA test flight. They watched the aircraft execute a steep climb, followed by the separation of an engine from the wing and a death spiral. [1]:6 In a deposition taken by the Safety Board, the captain stated that he usually activates the bulk-erase feature on the CVR at the conclusion of each flight to preclude inappropriate use of recorded conversations. I mean in the TWA 841 episode, I don't know if any of the investigators interview actually were involved in the investigation but they were still interviewed. At 9:49p.m., after traveling nearly 540 miles (870km),[2] while cruising at 39,000 feet (12,000m) near the city of Saginaw, Michigan, Captain Harvey "Hoot" Gibson (44),[3] said the aircraft was operating with the autopilot on "Altitude Hold" mode when he felt a light buffeting of the airframe. On September 8, 1974, a Boeing 707-331B (registered N8734[1]) operating as TWA Flight 841 from Tel Aviv to New York City via Athens and Rome crashed into the Ionian Sea, killing all aboard. There were the student pilots who tore the pages from their log books so there would be no proof that H.G. Inspector Gordon asked if Gibson was alright " This report form, relating an informal midnight conversation, between the mishap-pilot and two mechanics employed by the FAA, led to a misunderstanding (a mistaken inference by one listener) that would return to haunt the pilots months later. After ''much effort,'' the affidavit continues, he was able to return the plane to Kansas City. Log in, 35 Miles from Shore: The Ditching and Rescue of ALM Flight 980, Scapegoat: A Flight Crew's Journey from Heroes to Villains to Redemption. On September 8, 1974, a Boeing 707331B (registered N8734) operating as TWA Flight 841 from Tel Aviv to New York City via Athens and Rome crashed into the Ionian Sea, killing all aboard. [1]:24 However, the NTSB ultimately concluded that the flight crew was probably attempting to use 2 of flaps at cruising speed: While cruising at Mach 0.816 and 39,000 feet pressure altitude and with the autopilot controlling the aircraft, an attempt was made to extend 2 of trailing edge flaps independently of the leading edge slats, probably in an effort to improve aircraft performance[1]:32. Everyone anticipated tuning into the largest ever simulcasted concert event, Live Aid. Following a 45-minute delay, the aircraft, a 13-year-old Boeing 727-31 with the registration number N840TW, was just over an hour into the 3hr 10min flight when something went terribly wrong.. After traveling around 540 miles and cruising at . The American government tasked the USS Independence aircraft carrier, along with the frigate USS Biddle with picking up the debris. [1]:24. In an interview at AOL Build, he spilled the beans on what the Duffer Brothers were planning all along. Get started for FREE Continue. The detonation of the bomb destroyed the systems responsible for operating the plane's . Williams is a member of the union`s TWA accident investigation committee. Parked on taxiway; Grnd mechanic unable to get "pin" into RHS MLGTWA mechanic (who had accompanied Emergency Equipment) reported on Interphone to pilots about fluid leaking in RHS MLG Wheel Well; Captain elected to not "evacuate" instead directed passengers to deplane via Aft Stairs. The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the plane had been destroyed by a bomb hidden in the cargo hold. Overhead racks buckled, some oxygen masks dangled, and Mrs. Merrill, pinned on the floor of the restroom, felt the locked door burst open. Flight history. DETROIT, April 6 The Federal Aviation Administrator call it a miracle, and the passengers on TWA flight 841 say, "Amen! referring to the co-pilot to deploy the speed brakes, but the co-pilot didn't understand what the Captain meant so Gibson deployed them. TWA Flight 514 originated at Indianapolis, Indiana, and was bound for Washington, D.C., with an intermediate stop at Columbus, Ohio. Trans World Airlines Flight 800 was an international scheduled passenger service from Kansas City, Missouri to Cairo, Egypt via Chicago, New York City, Paris, Milan, Rome, and Athens. Recommended. Microscopic examination of the fragments found that the velocity at which they traveled when they came into contact with the bag could only have been caused by a bomb. Williams himself only remembered the incident a few months ago, Rohlfing said, after another TWA jet encountered similar control problems in midflight and was forced to make an emergency landing in Dayton. The aircraft performing the flight was a five-year-old Boeing 707-331B with the registration N8734. Don Morrison, TWA vice president of public affairs, said last Wednesday that the company had not seen the affidavit and had no comment. TWA 841 passengers were taken up on the test flights and stated the vibrations by the flaps and slats were inconsistent with what they . On at least one occasion, he said, flight attendants refused to fly with him and he had to take a planeful of passengers back to the gate to drop off the attendants. Yorke's powerful insight, correlating the direct evidence, was later presented to the NTSB in a formal Petition For Reconsideration, receipt acknowledged by the NTSB on October 9, 1990. 17Jan80 -- NTSB Board Meeting, intended as the "Sunshine Meeting" for the NTSB's staff-investigators to present the staff's "facts", findings, & recommended conclusions (Probable Cause); and then for Board Members to vote & adopt the official "Probable Cause" for the (inflight upset) B727 N840TW accident. return from a vacation in Spain that had been Mrs. Roberts's first experience with airplanes. All 79 passengers and nine crew members were killed. New York to San Francisco, TWA's L1011, Flight 843, would soon fly into the journals of aviation history. [1]:1, Among the damage discovered after the accident, investigators found the #7 slat missing from the leading edge of the right wing. The Lois Van Epps Scholarship has awarded $147,000 to 89 Edgemont seniors since the crash, Schutt said. On September 8, 1974, a Boeing 707-331B (registered N8734) operating as TWA Flight 841 from Tel Aviv to New York City via Athens and Rome crashed into the Ionian Sea, killing all aboard.The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the plane had been destroyed by a bomb hidden in the cargo hold. Exactly 48 years ago today, a Trans World Airlines (TWA) Boeing 707 bound for the United States crashed in the Ionian Sea, killing all 88 passengers and crew. Flaps and slats were intended to only be deployed at low speeds during take-off or landing. All 79 passengers and nine crew members were killed. 79 passengers and 9 crew members of the TWA Flight 841 on its way from Tel Aviv to New York City died when the plane crashed down due to a bomb explosion on September 8, 1974. Ntsb's Investigator-In-Charge (IIC) asked Boeing to commit to several tasks, IIC Kampschror asked Boeing to propose a scenario to explain the mysterious upset of B727 N840TW: 22Jun79 -- Human Factors Specialist's Report (included some interviews with F/As and passengers), but only few passenger interviews were retained (his notes were lost). Around 30 minutes into the 1 hour and 48-minute flight to Rome, while cruising at 26,000 feet over the Ionian Sea, the aircraft suddenly pitched up. On take-off, speeding down the runway, Flight 843 would never make it to San Francisco. At about 15,000 feet (4,600m) the pilots extended the landing gear in an attempt to slow the aircraft. Test disclosed numerous instances of HDG-trace "moving backward in time", similar to time-shifts on the mishaps FDR-foil. </p> <p>TWA Flight 841 was a Boeing 747 passenger plane that was bombed by the Abu Nidal Organization . With Jonathan Aris, Jeffrey Knight, Bruce Pringle, Colin Glazer. In response, NTSB's Tom Hauter replied (letter dated May 6, 2009): Since that "alpa" Petition (describing Yorke's analysis) was delivered to all parties in Oct'1990, with receipt-acknowledged, that 90-day comment period ended in early 1991. According to Stewart, the damage should have meant that the computers did not recognize the aircraft in a fully landed state (page 217). Trans World Airlines Flight 2, a Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation named Star of the Seine, with Captain Jack Gandy (age 41), First Officer James Ritner (31), and Flight Engineer Forrest Breyfogle (37), departed Los Angeles on Saturday, June 30, 1956, at 9:01 am PST with 64 passengers (including 11 TWA off-duty employees on free tickets) and six crew members (including two . The flight had been scheduled to land at 10:23 a.m. at Washington National Airport, directly across the Potomac River . Google This is a digital copy of a book that was preserved for generations on library shelves before it was carefully scanned by Google as part of a project to make the world's books discoverable online. Two minutes, 30 seconds later, 274 passengers plus 19 crew members would find themselves standing in an open field . They watched the aircraft execute a steep climb, followed by the separation of an engine from the wing and the death spiral. Pilots answered questions from NTSB, Boeing, TWA, and FAA representatives. ", Lindsey, Robert. She fell out into the aisle. The crew responded immediately by disengaging the autopilot and getting the aircraft under control. The pilot Captain Harvey "Hoot" Gibson, said the plane was operating with the autopilot on "Altitude Hold" mode when it began a steep roll to the right. Suddenly, the plane rolls steeply to the right. TWA Flight 841 IMPACT OF THE BOMBING People did not want to fly on TWA Flight 841 anymore, because they believed it was very dangerous.. . Passengers: 67: Crew: 8: Fatalities: 75: Survivors: 0: Air Vietnam Flight 706 was a Boeing 727 that crashed on September 15, 1974, near Phan Rang Air Base in South Vietnam. It was all Mr. Roberts could do to get her back on a Northwest Orient flight from Detroit home early Thursday morning. In studying the Dayton incident, said Rohlfing, Williams remembered the 1977 flight, went back to his log book and discovered it was the same plane Gibson flew in 1979. The airline's Tel Aviv office said 49 passengers boarded the plane there for Rome and the United States. At around 10 a.m., two passengers stood up in their seats and revealed a pistol and two grenades they had smuggled on board. Upon hardover recognition, the pilot can disconnect the faulty unit at which time the airplane is readily recoverable." UALAl 1*1 ALL ^ ^ in ALL L/if* i J. Flight 841 fell from 39,000 feet to 5,000 feet in 44 seconds, the longest recorded dive by a commercial jet in which the plane did not crash. At no time prior to the incident did I take any action within the cockpit either intentionally or inadvertently, that would have caused the extension of the leading edge slats or trailing edge flaps. For the 89 passengers aboard an early evening flight from John F Kennedy Airport to Minneapolis, TWA Flight 841 is like any other. This page was last edited on 16 January 2023, at 08:49. There was the bleeding ulcer. The Science; Conversational . TWA Flight 841 was a 727 like this one. However, a spokesman for TWA said sabotage was "highly unlikely. TWA said this was nonsense, but the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation confirmed that a bomb in the cargo hold had destroyed the plane's elevator and rudder system control cables making it uncontrollable. Anyone can read what you share. Letter dated 25May79: 3-page letter from NTSB (Tobiason/ Performance Gp) to Boeing, states these proposed tasks were previously discussed on April 18, and May 79. When the NTSB asked Glen why the tape had been erased, he said that he always did it after a flight but, in this instance, could not remember having done it. The investigators believed that Boeing 727 pilots often set the trailing edge flaps to two degrees while cruising as it was rumored to increase lift with no additional drag allowing higher elevation, more speed, or less fuel consumption. From R.L. The Boeing simulation, presented to the NTSB's Performance Group, offered only that single failure condition: a simulation study with the #7 Slat Extended; done by modeling the sudden contribution of the "incremental rolling moment coefficient caused by the extension of the slat No. Having reported no mechanical issues and with no maintenance required, 46 passengers deplaned along with their baggage and some cargo. Eastern Standard Time (0148 UTC), while flying over Sag Flight 841 originated in Tel Aviv, stopped in Athens and was scheduled to make stops in Rome and New York. After the ousting of the PLO from Jordan following the Jordanian-Palestinian civil war, the Palestinian military organizations made South Lebanon into their headquarters, enlisting militants from Palestinian refugee camps. Derickson knew then what was happening. DETROIT, April 6 The Federal Aviation Administrator call it a miracle, and the passengers on TWA flight 841 say, Amen! Later, NTSB assigned L.D. I fully expected to die, Chell Roberts, a Salt Lake City graduate student t aid today: I just thought to myself, You better tell Louise you love her, because you're not going to get another chance. So I turned to my wife and said, I love you, Louise. . . The out-of-control aircraft was observed by crew on the flight deck of Pan Am Flight 110. It could take years, he said, before the board reviews it. Here is a complete list of the 230 people, including four cockpit crew members and 14 flight attendants, aboard TWA Flight 800:-A-Aikens-Bellamy, Sandra, 49, of St. Albans, N.Y., off-duty TWA employee TWA Flight 841 was a domestic, scheduled passenger flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, en route to Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport in Minneapolis, Minnesota.On April 4, 1979, at or around 9:48 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (01:48 UTC), while flying over Saginaw, Michigan, the Boeing 727-31 airliner began a sharp, uncommanded roll to the right, and . Gibson response to a 1991 Petition for Reconsideration by the Pilot: This NTSB "response" was never reviewed by the investigative community, never disclosed to ALPA. 23May80 -- Heading Gyro testing, on a Tilt/Turn-table at Kansas City. All three cockpit crew members, Capt. Among pilots and flight attendants his name always provokes an immediate reaction-sometimes a snicker, sometimes outrage. 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