FAA sets tougher rules for repair stations

The FAA, whose oversight of repair shops was criticized following the crash of a ValuJet DC-9 in the Florida Everglades in 1996, is revising and strengthening rules governing domestic and foreign shops. "We intend to raise the safety bar at these facilities and require the same high level of safety...

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