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...bulkhead problem was not a new one for the DC-9. McDonnell Douglas warned airlines three years ago that fatigue cracks had shown up in some early models of the plane. The manufacturers advised airlines to inspect the bulkheads more frequently or reinforce all of these early-model DC-9s with "doubler" pieces...
...Canada had increased its inspections, but its mechanics overlooked the crack in the Boston plane until they re-examined old X rays of the bulkhead after the accident. Last week the FAA ordered U.S. carriers to make a special inspection of their DC-9s...
...spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration said yesterday it might order all DC-9s inspected if the cracks proved to be a widespread problem...
...airline ordered 42 other DC-9s inspected and withdrew one plane from service that was found to have a similar flaw...
...Their firepower, said Baker, is "equal to all of our strategic ballistic missile systems put together." Drastic cuts actually had been suggested by Carter two years ago-and immediately ridiculed by the Soviets. In fact, the U.S. in the 1960s decided against building anything like the Soviets' SS-9s and SS-18s, which are liquid-fueled ICBMs, and developed instead the smaller and more accurate, solid-fueled Minuteman missiles. Moreover, the SALT I agreement, signed by President Nixon in 1972, and the Vladivostok agreement signed by President Ford in 1974, permitted the Soviets to keep the heavy missiles...