The crew tested Endeavour's shuttle's aerosurfaces and steering jets to be used on landing day and stowed equipment.
While the illegal immigrants were suffocating in the cabins, the crew steered the boat back to the mainland and then apparently fled.
Taking care in applying gradual braking, the crew steered the plane onto a taxiway off to the right of the runway and into a slight prevailing wind.
Abandoning any hope of achieving surprise the crews on the fireships steered full ahead, set the mechanisms and abandoned ship.
That persuaded most human crews to steer clear of restricted space.
Later reports said that the crew actually steered the ship from the citadel, moving it towards areas where there were naval patrols.
The crew steered the plane to the right side off the runway to avoid approach lights.
The crew deceived the Africans and steered La Amistad north along the coast of the United States, where the ship was sighted repeatedly.
The crew steers away from Carrion Rock saving the ship's survivors; previous maneuvers had left about two hundred dead due to damage.
Captain Von Schoenvorts has his crew steer toward a safe sea port.