737 RUDDER REDESIGN ORDERED FAA-MANDATED CHANGES TO BOEING'S U.S. FLEET MAY COST MORE THAN $200 MILLION.(News) From: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) | Date: September 14, 2000| Author: Wallace, James | COPYRIGHT 2000 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The Federal Aviation Administration is ordering The Boeing Co. to redesign the rudder system on its 737 and will require modification of its entire 1,500-plane U.S. fleet starting in July, a spokeswoman for the agency said last night.

Boeing will pay all the costs, a bill some aviation experts have said could easily top $200 million.

Airlines are likely to have at least five years to comply.

In the meantime, the agency next month will mandate additi...

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