Nok Air inspects jet for cracksA Boeing 737-800 airplane of Nok Air parks at Don Mueang airport. (Nok Air photo)One of the aircraft operated by the budget carrier Nok Air has been inspected as a matter of urgency in response to a US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) directive prompted by the discovery of a physical fault in specific models of the Boeing 737 aircraft, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT). The FAA issued the airworthiness directive on Oct 3 requiring inspections to be conducted of the Boeing 737-600, -700, -700C, -800, -900 and -900ER series aircraft that are currently in operation worldwide. He said the CAAT had ordered Nok Air, which flies the 737 planes of the series, to comply with the directive. The plane is one of 14 aircraft in the Boeing 737-800 series.

Source: Bangkok Post October 09, 2019 23:48 UTC