Airbus A320 Operators Must Do Extra Check on Door Part, FAA Says

Operators of almost 2,000 Airbus SE A320 family aircraft in the US will need to perform more frequent inspections of door fasteners to check for possible cracks, according to a US regulatory directive.

The US Federal Aviation Administration updated an airworthiness directive to require the inspections of a door stop fitting, along with some previously mandated checks for fuselage parts, after it found additional cracks around the components.