Another B737 fault scare
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Another B737 fault scare
The FAA has ordered immediate inspections of B737s worldwide to see if any have defective flight control modules, according news reports.
Apparently, there are 84 foreign aircraft with dodgy modules and another nine in the States.
Apparently, there are 84 foreign aircraft with dodgy modules and another nine in the States.
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Link to applicable Emergency Airworthiness Directive:
http://www1.airweb.faa.gov/Regulator...5?OpenDocument
http://www1.airweb.faa.gov/Regulator...5?OpenDocument
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Actually...
"Applicability: All Model 737-100, -200, -200C, -300, -400, -500, -600, -700, -700C, -800, and -900 series airplanes; certificated in any category. "
However, once we alert on all these airframes, there is only genuine interest in FCMs with particular part numbers and serial numbers.
CNN DOES say that all 73s are the subject of the AD, but then goes on to say that,
"There are 84 foreign aircraft with the modules from the bad batch and nine U.S. 737s..."
Apparently not so much the doom merchant. Don't get me wrong... sensationalism IS normally the order of the day, every day. But this time it seems rather subdued.
Dave
"Applicability: All Model 737-100, -200, -200C, -300, -400, -500, -600, -700, -700C, -800, and -900 series airplanes; certificated in any category. "
However, once we alert on all these airframes, there is only genuine interest in FCMs with particular part numbers and serial numbers.
CNN DOES say that all 73s are the subject of the AD, but then goes on to say that,
"There are 84 foreign aircraft with the modules from the bad batch and nine U.S. 737s..."
Apparently not so much the doom merchant. Don't get me wrong... sensationalism IS normally the order of the day, every day. But this time it seems rather subdued.
Dave
