The Afghan owners of a Boeing 737-200 that went down east of
Kabul a week ago blame the weather. The accident killed all 104
passengers and crew, whose remains are at a mountain site more than
11,000 feet above sea level.
If President Bush's budget passes muster on Capitol Hill, it's
going to cost more to fly commercial. That grumbling you hear is
coming from both the front and rear of the aircraft.
by ANN Senior Correspondent Kevin R.C. "Hognose" O'Brien
On my way to HAI, I flew Southwest (always a pleasure) out of
Manchester International in Manchester (where else?), New
Hampshire. It's always a pleasure to fly out of Manchester, too,
even though I'm closer to Boston Logan. But after some of the stuff
I've written about the TSA lately, I knew I needed to give it a
little extra time. Based on what I've been hearing both from other
journalists and TSA insiders, I could expect the "full
proctoscopy." Ah, well, I knew that when I wrote the columns.
Utilicraft Aerospace Industries says it's given Metalcraft
Technologies, Inc. (MTI) the "go ahead" to start construction of
the initial sub-assembly center-fuselage-section of the prototype
FF-1080-300 aircraft, as per the terms of the Manufacturing
Agreement executed between the companies late last year.
AD Number: AD/B737/125
Manufacturer: Boeing
Subject: Center Wing Fuel Tank Float Switch
Wiring
Applicability: Model 737-200, -200C, -300, -400
and -500 series aeroplanes, on which center wing fuel tanks are
activated.
Requirement: Accomplish the following on Model
737-200, -300, -400 and -500 series airplanes having line numbers 1
to 3108 inclusive.
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