New 737 Crack Discovery Prompts Earlier And More Frequent Inspections

The FAA has issued an airworthiness directive (AD) requiring earlier and more frequent fuselage inspections of a specific area on some Boeing 737-300, -400 and -500 series aircraft after a report of two similarly situated cracks that went through the frame and fail-safe chord. “We are issuing this...

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