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A Reset Circuit Breaker Causes Crash / Indonesia AirAisia Flight 8501 Falls to the Sea

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Is the Auto Flight Rudder Travel Limiter System Not Working?

The captain requested to deviate 15 miles left of their track to avoid the weather. The flight data recorder recorded a failure on both rudder travel limiter units and triggered a chime in a master caution light. At 11 12, the crew requested to climb to 38 thousand feet whenever possible. And then about a minute later, the auto flight rudder travelLimiter unit failed for the third time.

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