American Airlines Pilots Want Flt 587 Investigation Reopened

group of American Airlines pilots wants the federal government to reopen its probe of the 2001 crash of Flight 587 in the Rockaways, saying newly discovered problems with Airbus jets raise questions about the investigation's conclusions.

The doomed Airbus A300's co-pilot, Sten Molin, got most of the blame for the Nov. 12, 2001, crash of the jet, which killed 265 people.

Molin pushed so hard on the plane's rudder controls that the jet's entire tail section fell off, the National Transportation Safety Board concluded.

But some American Airlines pilots say no plane should break because someone pushes a pedal too hard. And they say Airbus never told anyone pushing the rudder pedals endangered the planes.