Answer: In a fly-by-wire aircraft, the pilot inputs commands via a sidestick or yoke to a computer. The computer then directs the hydraulic or electric actuator to deflect a flight control surface.

Operators of Boeing 777s are being instructed to replace force-limiter components which could prevent a pilot’s control yoke being freed in the event of the other pilot’s yoke jamming. The control ...

Russian investigators have revealed that substantial nose-down trim on the crashed Flydubai Boeing 737-800 was applied through the manual trim switches on the pilot’s control column. The inquiry into ...

The pilot of a small plane made an emergency landing at Norwood Memorial Airport Friday after a passenger with a developmental disorder grabbed the control yoke and started twisting it around, ...