In fact, federal regulators and the companies that built and flew Riordan's plane knew from experience that such a scenario was possible. But it did not order those inspections until after the failure repeated itself on Riordan's flight. Fifteen days later, when panic came to Jennifer Riordan's row on Southwest Flight 1380, the FAA still had not finalised its own inspection order. 13 on Riordan's plane on June 21, 2017, the company said in a statement. "FAA Safety Decision - No airplane safety issue" was its conclusion, according to an agency document.

Source: Stuff December 03, 2019 19:07 UTC