US orders Boeing 787 inspections

By Agence France-Presse

Aug 21, 2024 12:18 am

NEW YORK — US regulators said on Monday they ordered inspections of pilot seats on hundreds of Boeing 787 planes following a March flight in which the plane's sudden plunge led to passenger injuries.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is requiring inspections after a report 'of uncommanded movement of the captain's seat in the forward direction that caused a rapid descent,' the agency said in a statement.

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