FAA to ban ignition sources from fuel tanks
The FAA, spurred by the crash of TWA Flight 800 three years ago, said yesterday that it plans a sweeping action to ban ignition sources from the fuel tanks of previously certificated aircraft. The plan, which would affect more than 6,000 aircraft in the U.S. fleet and cost $170 million to implement...
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