FAA issues new ADs on MD-80s, 737 Classics

US FAA issued new airworthiness directives this week requiring "repetitive inspections for cracking" of overwing frames on MD-80s and of the upper frame to side frame splice on the fuselage of 737 Classics. American Airlines is the largest operator of the MD-80 and Southwest Airlines is the largest...

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