The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Friday it was requiring U.S. operators of 143 Boeing Co 737 Classic series airplanes to check for possible wire failures stemming from an investigation into an Indonesia crash in January.
US Requires Inspections for Wire Failure on Boeing 737 Classic Planes
WASHINGTON The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Friday it was requiring U.S. operators of 143 Boeing Co 737 Classic series airplanes to check for possible wire failures stemming from an investigation into an Indonesia crash in January.
The 737 Classic is an older generation of planes more than two decades old. The FAA said the issue affected 1,041 737–300,–400 and–500 Classic series airplanes worldwide, but many are currently out of service, because of COVID-19 or other issues.
The FAA is issuing an airworthiness directive for operators to verify that the flap synchro wire, which plays a role in the operation of the aircraft’s auto-throttle system, is securely connected to a safety sensor.
REFILE-UPDATE 2-U.S. requires inspections for wire failure on Boeing 737 Classic planes
05/14/2021 | 04:40pm EDT
Send by mail :
Message :
Required fields
WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) said on Friday it was requiring U.S.
operators of 143 Boeing Co 737 Classic series airplanes
to check for possible wire failures stemming from an
investigation into an Indonesia crash in January.
The 737 Classic is an older generation of planes more than
two decades old. The FAA said the issue affected 1,041 737-300,
-400 and -500 Classic series airplanes worldwide, but many are
currently out of service, because of COVID-19 or other issues.
The inspection orders, in the form of an airworthiness directive, mandate that the connection of a flap synchro wire to a safety sensor is secure. The flap synchro wire itself is a part of the auto-throttle system of the Boeing 737 Classic aircraft.
A TAROM Boeing 737-38J, a Boeing 737 Classic series aircraft, registered as YR-BGE. Photo: Alberto Cucini/Airways
No Stone Left Unturned
The airworthiness directive, which does not affect the newer Boeing 737 NG or 737 MAX aircraft, comes months after a Boeing 737 Classic, a Boeing 737-500 specifically, operating as Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 crashed upon departing Jakarta.
However, the FAA has stated that the connection between the flap synchro wire and the safety sensor did not, based on current evidence, play a role in the crash of flight 182.
Lawsuit over January crash of Boeing 737 alleges autothrottle malfunction By Dominic Gates, The Seattle Times
Published: April 15, 2021, 6:10pm
Share:
SEATTLE A lawsuit filed Thursday in Seattle against Boeing alleges that a malfunctioning autothrottle system on an older 737 led to the crash of Sriwijaya Air Flight SJ182 in Indonesia in January, killing all 62 people on board.
The suit, filed in King County Superior Court on behalf of 13 families of crash victims, cites a list of previous incidents involving malfunctions of the 737 autothrottle system, arguing that this history suggests the system should have been redesigned.
“Specifically, the automatic throttle can stick and thereby cause significant differences in power between engines, resulting in a loss of control of the aircraft,” the lawsuit states. The plaintiffs further allege that “Boeing did not provide adequate warnings and instructions about how to respond to a failure in the automatic throt