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US regulator orders inspection of Boeing 737 tails
- USA: Tuesday, April 16 - 2013 at 05:17
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued an airworthiness directive ordering an inspection of more than 1,000 US-registered Boeing 737 aircraft to examine a potentially faulty part on the plane tail, which the regulator said could cause pilots to lose control of the aircraft if it failed, Reuters has reported. The FAA called on airlines and other operators to replace fixing pins with improved pins, following concerns over how their protective surface coating was applied. "We are issuing this AD to prevent premature failure of the attach pins, which could cause reduced structural integrity of the horizontal stabilizer to fuselage attachment, resulting in loss of control of the airplane," the FAA said in the directive. Boeing said the rule had been in the works over the past year, and was not linked to any incident involving the planes.
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