Safety

FAA orders airlines to inspect lightning protection features on all 747 variants

By 2023-11-29T21:57:00

Atlas Air 747. Atlas-2

Source: Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings

The Federal Aviation Administration is ordering airlines to inspect fuel-tank lightning-protection features on all Boeing 747 variants because some components are degrading faster than expected.

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