ATLANTA/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. government will order emergency checks of some Boeing Co 737s for the kind of fatigue cracks that prompted Southwest Airlines Co to ground dozens of planes and cancel hundreds of flights after a hole opened in one of its jets.
The Federal Aviation Administration directive on 737-300, 400, and 500 fuselage inspections, expected on Tuesday, will apply to the most frequently flown models. It involves a time consuming and repetitive electromagnetic