Inspections Ordered for Jetliner Rudders
<i> Associated Press</i>
WASHINGTON —
The National Transportation Safety Board recommended Tuesday that the rudders of all Boeing 727 and 737 jetliners be inspected because of abnormal movements found during an investigation of the March 3 United Airlines crash near Colorado Springs, Colo., which killed 25 people.
The board said it had not determined the cause of the Colorado crash and did not know whether the difficulty found in moving a rudder control was a factor in that accident.
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