"Boeing Alerts Airlines to Cockpit Seat Switch Issue After 787 Dive"
TL;DR
Boeing has advised airlines operating 787 Dreamliners to inspect flight deck seat switches following a mid-air dive incident involving a LATAM Airlines 787 that left over 50 people injured. The FAA has convened an expert board to review Boeing's message about the need to check the switches and will provide feedback to the company. The incident is under investigation, and the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder have been seized for analysis.
Topics:worldaviation-safety#787-dreamliner#aviation-safety#boeing#faa#flight-deck-switches#latam-airlines
- Boeing tells airlines to check 787 flight deck seat switches Reuters
- Wall Street Journal: Latam Air flight plunge might have been caused by a mistake in the cockpit CNN
- Cockpit mishap to blame for LATAM Airlines 'nose dive' on flight to New Zealand: report Fox Business
- After 787 dive, Boeing alerts airlines to issue with pilot-seat switches The Washington Post
- The sudden drop of a Boeing 787 that injured 50 people may have been caused by a flight attendant accidentally hitting a switch in the cockpit, report says Yahoo! Voices
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