FAA Emergency AD Will Apply To 80 U.S. 737s
By Andrew Compart andrew_compart@aviationweek.com .
WASHINGTON .
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he FAA will issue an emergency airworthiness directive April 5 that will require additional aircraft fatigue inspections on about 80 Boeing 737 Classics in the U.S. and could apply to 95 more worldwide if other countries adopt the directive, as is the usual practice.
The directive comes in the aftermath of a Southwest Airlines accident April 1 in which the fuselage of a 737-300 ...
