FAA orders inspections of Boeing 787 after nosedive incident

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has ordered inspections of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner following an incident in March in which a LATAM Airlines plane crashed abruptly in mid-flight, injuring more than 50 passengers.

The FAA attributed the nosedive to an uncontrolled movement of the captain's seat that disengaged the autopilot. This policy affects 158 787 models registered in the U.S. and 737 registered worldwide and requires airlines to inspect pilot seats for missing or broken components within 30 days.

The FAA has received five reports of similar seat problems, two of which are still under investigation. Boeing and LATAM have not commented on the order. Boeing has also suspended test flights of its 777-9 model because a component defect was discovered during maintenance.

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