The Federal Aviation Administration will require inspections of hundreds of Boeing 787 Dreamliners after a LATAM Airlines plane in March took a sudden midair…
After people were thrown out of their seats in a Boeing 787 Dreamliner in March, the FAA is now requiring the cockpit seats on those planes to be checkedThe Federal Aviation Administration will require inspections of hundreds of Boeing 787 Dreamliners after a LATAM Airlines plane in March took a
The FAA said in a statement that the plane dived after a seat in the cockpit jolted forward and disconnected the autopilot system, causing a rapid descent. Since the incident, the FAA has received four additional reports of similar issues, the latest in June. The agency identified loose rocker switch caps on the backs of cockpit seats as the cause in three of the incidents. The two other cases remain under investigation.As a result, the FAA issued an airworthiness directive, citing the"unsafe condition" of the seats, and required inspections of 158 U.S.-registered airplanes and 737 airplanes worldwide. The inspections must be completed within 30 days.
Hours after lawmakers revealed that another Boeing whistleblower had come forward, company CEO David Calhoun faced a Senate committee Tuesday to address reports of safety and quality control issues.Sign up for NBC New York's News Headlines newsletter.
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