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Released: April 05, 2011
FAA to order inspections of Boeing 737s
Source: Ashley Halsey III, Washington Post (Free Registration)
The Federal Aviation Administration plans to order immediate inspections of older-model Boeing 737 jetliners that are the workhorse of domestic air travel, a precaution after a hole opened in the hull of a Southwest Airlines plane flying at 34,400 feet on Friday.
There are more than 1,200 Boeing 737s in use by American air carriers, providing for much of the nation’s intercity air travel. The inspection order will apply to about 80 planes that were delivered before 1990, the FAA said. Most of those planes — in the -300/-400/-500 series — are operated by Southwest, the FAA said.
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