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FAA issues new guidelines for Airbus A300 and A310 checks

USA - It was an A300-660 the aircraft crashed on New York last November

FAA issued immediate adopting directive ordering special inspections of Airbus A300-600/A310s subjected to "extreme lateral loading" in flight, which the agency defined as exceeding 0.3g. Areas requiring checks include the vertical and horizontal stabilizers, pylons, wing and some fuselage areas. Investigators believe extreme lateral loads, triggered...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 25635
Rome, Italy, 03/26/2002 16:32
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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