Why do plane and helicopter pilots have to pysically fight with their control stick when flying and something goes wrong?
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They don’t, that’s just in the movies. In fact fighting the controls can make things worse. A perfect example is [American Airlines Flight 587](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines_Flight_587), the aircraft flew into the turbulence behind another aircraft, and the First Officer, who was the pilot flying, panicked and fought the rudder so hard that he ripped the tail off causing the aircraft to crash killing everyone.
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