FAA Directs Airlines to Check Mechanism That Controls Tail Flap of Boeing 737s
March 14, 2010 | Airline Flight, Airline Service, Airlines News, Boeing
The Federal Aviation Administration has issued an emergency airworthiness directive demanding that airlines check a mechanism that controls tail flaps on about 600 Boeing 737s.
The directive was issued Friday and concerns flaps on the horizontal tails of the jets. On March 2, a Ryanair 737-800 en route from the Netherlands to Madrid, Spain, experienced severe vibrations in flight and had to make an unscheduled landing in Belgium.
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