thedrifter
10-25-08, 10:48 AM
Navy to check Boeing-built jets
—Compiled from Tribune staff, wire reports
October 25, 2008
The Navy will inspect hundreds of fighter jets built by Chicago-based Boeing Co. after discovering "fatigue cracks" on more than a dozen aircraft.
The service issued an inspection alert for all 636 Hornet aircraft to reduce risk to pilots and the planes. The attack aircraft designed for the Navy and Marines Corps cost roughly $57 million each.
Each will be checked in the next few weeks for cracks in a hinge that connects the aileron, which controls a plane's movement, to the wing.
Spokesman Philip Carder said Boeing would "work closely" with the Navy.
Ellie
—Compiled from Tribune staff, wire reports
October 25, 2008
The Navy will inspect hundreds of fighter jets built by Chicago-based Boeing Co. after discovering "fatigue cracks" on more than a dozen aircraft.
The service issued an inspection alert for all 636 Hornet aircraft to reduce risk to pilots and the planes. The attack aircraft designed for the Navy and Marines Corps cost roughly $57 million each.
Each will be checked in the next few weeks for cracks in a hinge that connects the aileron, which controls a plane's movement, to the wing.
Spokesman Philip Carder said Boeing would "work closely" with the Navy.
Ellie