problem. reporter: that s right. i talked to southwest airlines. they say they have found four aircraft with the small sub surface cracks in the fleet of 737 300s. it completed the inspecs of all of those planes. they do not expect it to have any impact on its flight schedule. in the meantime, the federal aviation administration will be ordering immediate and repeated inspections with electromagnetic technology of older model boeing jets which have taken off and landed more than 30,000 times. those takeoff and landings important, because the compression and decompression puts wear and tear on the aircraft and may contribute to the metal fatigue which investigators believe played a part here. meanwhile, the national transportation safety board is continuing its probe of what caused that terrifying incident on friday night. part of the fuselage that ripped open has been removed from the aircraft and now been brought back to washington where it is
jet, that one you re looking at, at 34,000 feet last week, leaving a five-foot gash and forcing an emergency landing. about 175 aircraft are affected worldwide, and most of the planes are here in the united states and they re operated by southwest. they have expanded the 737 300s, 400s and 500 series. could there be another gadhafi regime? a source close to the libyan leadership tells cnn a plan is in the works that could have gadhafi s son saif take over. he would help usher in reforms that could reportedly lead to elections. libyan official testing the waters for that plan in europe now. a former libyan ambassador to the united states calls the whole offer ridiculous, saying gadhafi s sons are killers just like their father. okay. he founded a clothing apparel empire but dov charney is fighting to keep things afloat, slapped with a sex abuse lawsuit
you re free to move the country now. the jet landed safely despite the hole that opened in the fuselage 20 minutes after takeoff on friday. but now southwest has voluntarily ordered checks of more than 100 planes of the same model, boeing 737 300s. sub surface cracks, cracks in the fuselage were discovered on three of those aircraft. southwest outsources up to 75% of its maintenance to places like guatemala and china according to pbs. it is the industry norm. somebody else is checking the aircraft that you re going on, not an american worker. concerned about that? boeing corporation will now recommend that every airline worldwide run checks on older 737s to look for similar fuselage problems. that just makes me feel all warm and fuzzy. the paul ryan budget. tax cuts for the rich at the
cnnmoney.com. the faa is ordering new inspections for hidden signs of metal fatigue in boeing 747s. this comes after a tear in the fuselage of a southwest airline 737 300 plane forced an emergency landing in arizona. similar cracks were detected on three other planes. the inspection order affects about 80 737s, the 300, 400 and 500 series, planes registered in the united states. the airline canceled dozens more flights while inspecting the 737 fleet. . a mid-air emergency on board a united flight. passengers say the plane was rocking back and forth and then the reading lights stopped working and as the pilot was making an announcement, it cut him off mid-sentence. there were some reports of smoke. that s when the pilot turned the plane around and radioed air traffic control. here is some of the exchange. 497, we are declaring an
the leader of the country, but he iss is refusing to give up. the faa ordering new inspections of older model boeing 737ss now, for hidden signs of metal fatigue. this new news after a tear in the fuselage of a southwest airline 737 300 version plane forced an emergency landing in arizona. you re looking at that plane now. similar cracks were detected on three other planes. the inspection order affects about 87 737 300s, 400s and 500s, planes registered in the united states mostly operated by southwest airlines. the airline canceled dozens more flights yesterday while inspecting its 737 fleet. the obama administration conceding defeat and will mot prosecute high profile suspects in u.s. courts. khalid shaikh mohammed, the suspected mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks, will be tried instead at guantanamo bay under a military commission.