No passengers or crew were injured, but the incident resulted in an airworthiness directive to prevent the possibility of a future accident.

[2][3] The flight departed Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport at 2:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.

[5] While the crew tried to declare the emergency, the plane was in a communications dead zone between North America and Asia.

[1] The pilots established a conference call with Northwest Airlines in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, but the employees there were unable to find a solution to the sudden bank.

[5] The flight crew took back control of the aircraft and landed at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport.

We had an excellent group of flight attendants on board; that became important later because we briefed this as a 'red' emergency, which means there's at least a solid chance you're going to have to evacuate.

"[6] The NTSB found that there was a fatigue crack in the power control module and that it was not possible to visually inspect that type of failure.

The bulletin, dated July 24, 2003, recommended that Boeing 747 operators conduct ultrasonic inspections of pertinent high-time lower and upper rudder power control modules.

[16][17][18][19] After being moved to its current position, a special permanent exhibit called the 747 Experience was constructed alongside the aircraft, and was formally opened on March 28, 2017.

[20][21] The Discovery Channel Canada / National Geographic TV series Mayday featured the incident in a Season 11 episode titled Turning Point.