FAA issues emergency AD on 737NGs following China Airlines accident

US FAA last weekend issued an Emergency Airworthiness Directive requiring "repetitive detailed inspections" of the main slat track downstop assembly on 737NGs in the wake of last week's fire and explosion on a China Airlines 737-800 in Okinawa ( ATWOnline , Aug. 24) . The agency said it had...

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