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Press down on the rudder pedals to counter the wake and move the airplane slightly to the right. but the duo servo valve jams and misaligns causing the rudder to be deflected in the opposite direction. >> and what they didn't recognize was that the rudder was full over. so as they're pushing, the rudder's not moving because it's jammed, but they don't know this. >> then the nose starts to follow through and the crew pulls back to bring the nose up and the plane just enters what basically look likes a spin into the ground. >> the pilots of 427 faced a condition they never heard of, they weren't...

Across these openings it redirects fluid. >> in the days after the u.s. air accident, investigators recovered the flight 427's pcu from the crash site. >> some is intact. some of the brackets broken. >> if something did malfunction inside this pcu, it left no evidence. >> the valves were not badly scarred. there were no marks. there wasn't an instant indication of what would have caused the power control unit to have problems. >> investigators run a battery of tests on the pcus from u.s. air 427 and eastwind airlines, trying to determine if the units can jam. what they find is even more alarmi...

Determine exactly what caused the accident. people started linking u.s. air 427 to flight 585. both airplanes were on approach, both rolled and dove into the ground or unknown reasons. >> the two flights have something else in common. both airplanes are boeing 737s. >> the most widely used jet in the world. the second time something unexpected had happened and resulted in the loss of an airplane. if another one went down, they were going to ground the airplane. and the ramifications for grounding the 737 were unbelievably severe. this sets off a global economic catastrophe. we had to find out ...

Wall between rescue teams and passengers. one passenger described it like the titanic. some waiting nearly 36 hours to be rescued after a fire broke out on a car deck on board. 427 people have been rescued. italian officials say they're launching a criminal investigation into how the fire started. and we're joined "outfront" tonight from italy. what can you tell us about the criminal investigation. why do they think criminal charges might be involved here? >> well prosecutors have now told us jim, they've issued a seize order, which means they're trying to get that ship back here into italian ...

To this point. of course there's going to be some reaction but we're confident in our ability to fly people. >> reporter: the question now, will fliers feel as confident? poppy harlow cnn, new york. we're following a number of other stories tonight. susan hendricks is here with a bulletin. >> the death toll has risen to ten after a ferry caught fire in the adriatic sea. cell phone video shows the flames behind shattered portholes. it is believed the fire broke out in the parking bay. 427 people were rescued from that ferry. many of them airlifted to safety. a passenger described it like the ...