- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | April 06, 1993 |
Time: | 0110 |
Location: | 950 nm S of Shemya, Alaska |
Operator: | China Eastern Airlines |
Flight #: | 583 |
Route: | Shanghai - Los Angeles |
AC Type: | McDonnell Douglas MD-11 |
Registration: | B-2171 |
cn / ln: | 48495/461 |
Aboard: | 264 (passengers:248 crew:16) |
Fatalities: | 2 (passengers:2 crew:0) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The slats were inadvertently deployed while at FL 330. The aircraft progressed through several pitch oscillations and lost 5,000 feet in altitude. Inadequate design of the flap/slat actuation handle that allowed the handle to be easily and inadvertently dislodged from the UP/RET position, thereby causing extension of the leading edge slats during cruise flight. |
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