This emergency directive issued by the FAA orders the operators of certain models of the Boeing 737 to do emergency inspections. The FAA warns that there may be metal fatigue issues related to the number of takeoff and land cycles performed by the planes. This is the same problem that was seen in the Aloha Airlines flight 243 crash.
This bill was passed in direct response to the Aloha Airlines Flight 243 crash. There is a full text copy of the bill available in Embry-Riddle's Library.
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