Airlines told to check jets' tail assemblies

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: August 26, 2000 | Copyright information

Airlines told to check jets' tail assemblies

Associated Press

Saturday, August 26, 2000

Washington -- Federal regulators on Friday ordered U.S. airlines to inspect the tail elevator assemblies on Boeing 767 airliners for damaged controls.

Egyptian officials have pointed to possible tail control problems in the still-unsolved crash of EgyptAir Flight 990, a Boeing 767, last Oct. 31. All 217 aboard were killed.

But in announcing that it was ordering the inspect...

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