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NTSB: Loose Rivets Found in Plane With Hole

WASHINGTON -- Investigators trying to determine why the roof of a Southwest Airlines jet cracked open in flight have issued preliminary findings suggesting there may have been flaws in the riveting work when Boeing built the plane 15 years ago. The National Transportation Safety Board said Monday that some of the rivets...

Boeing's 737 Fleet Under Heavy Scrutiny [VIDEO]

Southwest Accident Prompts FAA Inspection Order

PHOENIX -- Federal aviation officials readied an order Monday for emergency inspections on 80 U.S.-registered Boeing 737 jetliners like the one on which a piece of fuselage tore open more than 30,000 feet above Arizona last week. The order, to be issued Tuesday, is aimed at finding weaknesses in the metal in the fuselage,...

Plane Crash in Southern India Leaves 158 Dead

(May 22) -- An Air India Express plane with 166 people aboard tried to land in the rain at a hilltop runway today in southern India but overshot the runway and crashed into a forested ravine. Eight passengers are believed to have survived. Indian TV footage shows firefighters spraying the smoldering wreckage outside...

Background on Boeing 737

The Boeing 737 is a short- to medium-range twin-engine narrow-body jet airliner. Originally developed as a shorter, lower-cost twin-engine airliner derived from Boeing's 707 and 727, the 737 has developed into a family of nine passenger models with a capacity of 85 to 215 passengers.

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