The US aviation regulator is ordering Boeing to inspect older generation 737 jets, after the January crash of an aircraft off Indonesia that killed 62 people. <\/p>\n
All Boeing 737-300, -400 and -500 planes will need to be examined, a total of 143 aircraft, according to a document from the Federal Aviation Administration seen by AFP on Saturday. <\/p>\n
A failure of the “flap synchro wire” missed by the auto-throttle computer — which manages the plane’s thrust — “could result in loss of control of the airplane,” the document said.<\/p>\n
An interim report from Indonesian investigators in February said the doomed jet’s throttles showed an “anomaly,” though it said the cause of the crash was unclear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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