FAA Orders Inspections of Some Airbus Rudders
From Times Wire Reports
U.S. airlines are being ordered to inspect the rudders of certain Airbus jets after an incident in which most of the rudder fell off an A310 in flight, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration said.
The FAA directive affects A310s and A300-600s. American Airlines and FedEx are the only U.S. airlines that fly those models. A plane operated by Canada’s Air Transat lost nearly all of its rudder March 6 but was able to land safely.
