FAA issues AD requiring 'repetitive' 757 fuselage skin inspections

Prompted by the Oct. 26 incident involving an American Airlines 757 that experienced a decompression event after a hole opened in the fuselage on the upper crown just above the left door, US FAA on Monday plans to issue a new airworthiness directive requiring "repetitive inspections" of 757s to look...

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