Boeing Lacks Records for Probe of Fuselage Tears, U.S. Says
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Boeing Co. didn’t keep manufacturing records that might have allowed investigators to determine why the fuselage on an American Airlines 757-200 jetliner tore in flight last year, according to the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board.
That lack of records has also hampered the NTSB’s efforts to pinpoint the cause of a larger tear that forced the crew of a Southwest Airlines Co. 737-300 to make an emergency landing April 1, according to two government officials familiar with the investigation. They asked not to be identified as the probe is ongoing.