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Plane Pitches Up Uncontrollably / Air Midwest Flight 5481 Stalls After Takeoff

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The Airplane Did Fly Ten Times After Maintenance Check

Before the plane hadn't been over weight. The plane had not had its centere gravity at the back of the plane. And so they needed that additional nosedown pitch, which they just didn't have. It was because both of these things overlapped and happened at the same time that the accident occurred.

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