FAA Orders Structural Checks On Boeing 747-400s
U.S. regulators last week mandated inspections on a critical area of the Boeing 747-400's fuselage after 11 in-service reports turned up cracking on the same area in older models. The FAA rule containing the mandates -- a draft of which was proposed in June -- calls for checks of longeron splice...
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