2024-08-21 07:40:26
158 of these machines are registered in the United States, 737 in the world. The pilot seats of hundreds of Boeing 787s will have to be checked, after an incident in March on the plane of the Chilean company Latam during which almost fifty passengers were injured, the American regulator announced on Monday.
Passengers whose seat belts were not fastened were taken to the attic after the plane suddenly disappeared. A Boeing 787 Dreamliner flies from Sydney, Australia to Auckland, New Zealand.
The incident occurred after several malfunctions on Boeing aircraft, which raised doubts about the quality controls of the American aircraft manufacturer. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requested inspections after a report of “forward motion of the captain’s seat which resulted in rapid descent”, according to a press release.
Some 158 aircraft registered in the United States are affected by this air directive, and 737 worldwide, indicates the FAA.
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Since the incident, four other incidents of “uncontrolled horizontal movements” of the pilot or pilot’s seats have been reported by Boeing to the FAA, the latter explained. In three of these cases, the adjustment levers on the seat were “loose”.
An “unexpected and prolonged movement of the seats” can result in an “unknown and unexpected manipulation of the flight controls, which can cause a rapid maneuver of the aircraft and seriously injure passengers and flight personnel”, explained the FAA for it was destroyed. When asked, Boeing did not immediately respond.
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