FAA: Airlines must inspect Boeing 767s for cracks that could cause engines to fall off
By Joan Lowy, APWednesday, July 21, 2010
FAA: Airlines must inspect Boeing 767s for cracks
WASHINGTON — Federal officials are ordering U.S. airlines to step up inspections of more than 100 Boeing 767 airliners for cracks that could cause their engines to fall off.
The cracks can occur in the pylons that attach engines to wings.
The safety order issued by the Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday affects 138 planes registered in the United States out of a global fleet of 314 planes. Aviation officials in other countries usually follow the FAA’s lead on safety of U.S.-manufactured planes.
The order only applies to 767s that have the original pylon design. Boeing changed the design after the problem first became known.
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