This article surprises me. I understand that airplanes aren't certified to push the rudder full deflection back and forth. However, even then, we've not seen the loss of other types of airplanes because of this (Boeing, McD, etc.). I'm not bringing the hate on Airbus. It is obvious they make good jets, but also, there seems to be something wrong here.
I don't like this statement, and it could very well be the media's words and not the NTSB, "The NTSB concluded that a design flaw in the Airbus A300-600 rudder was part of the reason that an American Airlines pilot made several abrupt movements of the rudder". This begs the question, what is the design flaw?
Yesterday I was in EWR and we parked next to AF A330. I couldn't help but think about their accident recently. I remembered that picture of the divers in the water with the airplanes tailfin almost completely intact. Then I log in and see this article and I just had to post.