Word: faa
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) decides to check into the matter to see if the DC-10 should be grounded. The conclusion? According to FAA Administrator James B. Busey, the nation's top aviation official, there is not sufficient evidence to keep the plane on the ground...
...many people have to die in DC-10 crashes before the FAA wakes up? Two rear-engine explosions in less than a month indicate a fairly serious problem, and the FAA would be well-advised to ground the jet until its comes up with a solution to that problem...
...industry task force has been set up to discuss possible changes in the design of the DC-10, which is built by McDonnell Douglas, and other large aircraft, including the L-1011 and the Boeing 747. It is, however, unclear when that group will make its recommendations to the FAA...
...nagging possibility of an inherent design flaw in the DC-10 remains. In 1979 an American Airlines DC-10 taking off from Chicago lost its left-wing engine, tearing out its hydraulic lines; the plane crashed, killing 273. The I.A.P.A. won a federal court order that forced the FAA to ground the entire DC-10 fleet for inspection. The planes were inspected and sent aloft again five weeks later...
Since 1982, the FAA has allowed passengers with children to bring their own federally approved infant car seats onto planes, but it rejected a consumer request that safety seats be required. Airlines discourage children's seats by failing to tell parents that they are allowed. Many families would probably pass them up anyway, since guaranteeing another seat would mean buying another ticket...