While the Dutch roll doesn't happen often to commercial airliners, that doesn't mean it never happens. This May, a Boeing 737 MAX on a Southwest Airlines flight from Phoenix to Oakland, California ...

A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 plane recently experienced a Dutch roll after takeoff. Here's what a Dutch roll is and how pilots handle one.

A Dutch roll is a combination of side-to-side rocking or rolling motions with "tail-wagging," or yaw. Yaw is defined as rotation around the vertical axis of the plane.

The Boeing 737 Max 8 jet involved in the Dutch roll incident is less than two years old. According to the FAA, a post-flight inspection revealed damage to a backup power control unit, known as a PCU.

Dutch roll is a swaying, rhythmic combination of yaw, or the tail sliding sideways, and the wingtips rocking up and down. The Southwest jet experienced the movement at 34,000 feet and again after ...

A Southwest Airlines Boeing plane experienced a rare Dutch roll at 32,000 feet in the air that resulted in significant damage to the aircraft that left it out of service, officials said.

A Boeing 737 Max suffered damage to parts of the plane's structure after it went into a "Dutch roll" during a Southwest Airlines flight last month, U.S. investigators said Friday.

Dutch roll is a swaying, rhythmic combination of yaw, or the tail sliding sideways, and the wingtips rocking up and down. The Southwest jet experienced the movement at 34,000 feet and again after ...

A Boeing 737 Max suffered damage to parts of the plane's structure after it went into a "Dutch roll" during a Southwest Airlines flight last month, U.S. investigators said Friday.