The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), in the wake of maintenance lapses at Southwest Airlines, is taking the unprecedented step of ordering a spot check of Boeing 737 maintenance records at all U.S. carriers. The move means carriers with older Boeing 737 aircraft will have FAA inspectors check for compliance with certain structural inspections that were missed by Southwest and resulted in a record fine of $10.2 million for safety lapses. Regulators do not suspect there are problems at other carriers…
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